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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 151

Three: Lieutenant-General C. Hood, 3rd Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), who was twice wounded in action, firstly in July 1855 and again during the final attack on the Redan; on that occassion when he commanded the ladder party, his Regiment suffering over 50% casualties, and on taking command of the Regiment after the battle, led it into Sebastopol carrying the Colours

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Bt Major Charles Hood, The Buffs.), engraved naming; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of Medjidie, Fifth Class breast Badge, gold, silver and enamel, fitted with an attractive C.B.-type suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, an attractive private purchase issue, each Medal with brooch buckle for wear, together further Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp (Bt. Major. Charles. Hood. The. Buffs), regimentally impressed naming and Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, very fine (Lot)

Charles Hood was born in 1826. He was educated at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and obtained his Ensigncy by Purchase in the 3rd Buffs on 26 June 1844. In 1846 he acted as Secretary to the Mission sent to the Argentine Republic to arrange certain differences between the combined powers of Great Britain and France and General Rosas, governor of Buenos Ayres.

He was made Lieutenant in 1846 and Captain in 1851. Landing in Crimea in May 1855, Hood was senior officer of his Regiment in the trenches before Sebastopol and was slightly wounded during a minor action on 3 July 1855. He was made the Regiments Field Officer on 19 July and would later lead the ladder party during the final attack on the Redan on 8 September 1855, during which he was again wounded. Of the 260 men of the unit involved in the attack, over half became casualties, with 135 Officers and men killed and wounded. Their gallantry during this attack is indicated in that Victoria Crosses were awarded to both Major Maude and Private Connors. Due to casualties and despite his own wounds, Hood Commanded the Regiment from 13 September-27 December 1855, having been awarded the Brevet of Major on 2 November for Distinguished Service in the Field. On the Day he took command, he lead the Regiment when it marched with Colours flying into the Karabelnaia suburb after the fall of the city; these being the first British colours carried within Sebastopol and a great honour to the Regiment. Hood was rewarded with the above mentioned Brevet of Major, English and Turkish medals, and a Fifth class Order of Medjidie.

After serving as Major of the Depot Battalion at Templemore, Hood became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 58th Foot on 23 November 1860, and for some years commanded that Regiment in Bengal. He became a Major-General in 1870, Honorary Lieutenant-General in 1877 and died on 8 February 1883.


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