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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 111

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Patrick Byrne, 4th Dn. Gds.), contemporary engraved naming, traces of repair to right of suspension claw, minor edge bruising and polished, otherwise very fine

PROVENANCE:
Ex Glendining's, 7 December 1988 (Lot 182).

Patrick Byrne enlisted in the 4th Dragoon Guards in August 1846 but deserted in May 1848. Imprisoned for two months on re-joining, he again deserted in September 1849 and was imprisoned for four months. Of his subsequent part in the Crimea, he is clearly shown as 'effective' on the regimental musters for the period October-December 1854, so he is a likely participant in the famous charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava.

Appointed Shoeing-Smith in February 1860, Byrne resigned his appointment in October 1871, intending to find like employment in his home town of Portalington. He applied for an increase in his pension in 1904, aged 78; sold with copied research.


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Sold for
£750