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Auction: 20003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 765A

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Michl. Seabrook 17th Lancers), contemporarily engraved naming in accepted style for the unit, mounted on old silk riband with silver top riband bar, one rivet missing, contact marks, very fine

Provenance:
J. Coolidge Hills Collection.
American Numismatic Society Auction, 2006.

Michael Seabrook was born at Chatteris, Cambridgshire and was a groom by trade upon his enlistment in the 17th Lancers in June 1839. He served with his Regiment in Bulgaria and the Crimea during the campaign in 1854-1856 and was never absent from duty.

Eventually discharged at Dublin on 12 December 1856 as 'unfit for further service' as a consequence of debility aggravated by service in the Crimea, Seabrook later found employment as a Cabman in London, and died of pneumonia on 18 March 1875 at St Pancras, Highgate Infirmary.

Although Seabrook’s name does not appear on the list of confirmed ‘Chargers’, this does not preclude him from having taken part in the Charge of the Light Brigade. Most members of the Light Brigade entitled to the Balaklava clasp, in the absence of any evidence or status details to the contrary, took part in the Charge.

Sold together with original Coolidge Hill Bequest label, stating in ink 'Pte Michl Seabrook 17th Lancers (Light Brigade)' and copied research and muster rolls.


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Sold for
£2,000

Starting price
£1400