Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 246
(x) A Crimea Pair to Private J. Gusterson, 11th Hussars, Who Rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade, 25.10.1854
Crimea 1854-56, four clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (No.1618. James. Gusterson. XIth. P.A.O. Hussars), Regimentally impressed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die (1618 James Gusterson XI PAO Hussars), with ring suspension, heavy contact marks, therefore good fine (2)
1618 Private James Gusterson, born Rochford, Essex, 1833; enlisted in the 11th (Prince Albert's Own) Hussars, December 1853; served with the Regiment in the Crimea, and rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, 25.10.1854; served as the camp cook in 1855; discharged, September 1873, after 19 years and 208 days with the Colours; attended the first Balaklava Banquet in 1875; died June 1880.
Provenance: C.J. & A.J. Dixon, 2000.
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