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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 76

Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (2501 J. Dixon XIX Regiment.), contemporarily engraved naming, clasps refitted with traces of solder throughout, nearly very fine

Provenance:
Spink, August 1986.

John Dixon was born in December 1832 at Wakefield, and attested for the 19th Regiment of Foot at Leeds on 2 August 1850. He went absent without leave just 24 days later and was tried by Court Martial at Brecon on 19 September. Placed in confinement, his service papers noted 'under age'.

In 1851 he suffered a severe bout of scarlet fever which led to six weeks in hospital and hearing problems. Serving in the Crimea, his hearing 'has been more defective and he is unable to hear the word of command, change of weather increasing this invalidity'. He was discharged on 18 November 1856; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£420