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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 7

(x) A Crimea Casualty D.C.M. Pair to Colour Sergeant W. Grundy, 49th Foot, Who Died of Wounds Sustained in the Attack on the Quarries Before Sebastopol
a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Serjt. Wm. Grundy. 49th. Regt.), penultimate letter of surname officially corrected
b) Crimea 1854-56, two clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Color Serjt. Wm. Grundy. 49th. Regt.), officially impressed, minor edge bruising, otherwise nearly extremely fine, housed in a contemporary fitted case (2)

D.C.M. Recommended 2.2.1855

1843 Colour Sergeant William Grundy, D.C.M. enlisted in the 49th Foot, 1841; advanced Sergeant and served with the Regiment in the Crimea; promoted Colour Sergeant, April 1855; wounded during the attack of the 2nd Light Division on the Quarries before the Redan at Sebastopol, 7.6.1855, and died as a result of his wounds, 19.6.1855.

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