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Auction: 23001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 71

Pair: Private W. Jackson, 7th Regiment of Foot (Royal Fusiliers)

Crimea 1854-54, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3776 W Jackson 1st Bn 7th Regt), minor contact marks overall, very fine (2)

William Jackson was born at Sheffield, Yorkshire in 1834, the son of Joseph and Mary Jackson of Sheffield Road, Attercliffe. Serving with the Militia while working as a moulder, Jackson volunteered for the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment on 3 November 1854. He was embarked for service in the Crimea on 30 November 1854 and saw action during the Siege of Sebastopol (Medal & clasp), being noted in Britain by 1856.

Posted out to India in December 1857 he was to serve there for the next seven years, seeing service during the Umbeyla (or Ambela) campaign against the local Pashtun tribes (Medal & clasp). Returning to Britain in 1865 he was discharged on 15 May at the Regimental Depot. Jackson stated his intention to live at 70 Granville Lane, Park, Sheffield upon his release; sold together with copied research including discharge papers, medal rolls as well as typed research and copied details from the Regimental Pay and Muster Rolls.

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Sold for
£280

Starting price
£130