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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 268

Four: Troop Sergeant-Major T. Thompson, 8th Hussars

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Pte. Thos. Thompson, 8th Husrs.), contemporary engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India (Thos. Thompson, 8th Hussars); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (1553 T.S. Mjr. T. Thompson, 8th Hussars); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die (Thos. Thompson, 8th Hussars), depot impressed naming, edge bruising and heavily polished, fine or better (4)


Thomas Thompson was born in Nottingham and enlisted in the 8th Hussars in January 1855, aged 19 years. Quickly embarked for the Crimea, he was present in operations before Sebastopol (Medal & clasp) and witnessed further active service during the Indian Mutiny, when he was employed in operations under General Sir Hugh Rose in Central India (Medal & clasp). He subsequently gained rapid promotion and was finally discharged as a Troop Sergeant-Major at Aldershot in January 1876, the same year in which he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal; sold with copied research.

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