A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units

Pair: Brevet Major W. J. Foster, 19th Regiment of Foot, attached 46th Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lieut. W. J. Foster 46th. Regt. 1856.) contemporarily engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Lieut. W. J. Foster, 46th. Regt. 1855.) contemporarily engraved naming but in a different style, both with contemporary top silver riband buckles, heavy contact marks to first, this nearly very fine; the second good very fine (2) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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William John Foster was commissioned Ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 21 February 1855, and served with the 46th Regiment of Foot in the Crimea as part of a draft of reinforcements, being present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol from 18 August 1855. He was promoted Lieutenant on 2 October 1855, and Captain, by purchase, on 8 July 1859. He is mentioned in the 1881 Census as ‘Retired Bt. Major, 19th Foot.’ A diary that Foster liberated from Sebastopol is now in the Regimental Museum.