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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 289

Pair: Private W. Watts, 1st Battalion, 21st (Royal North British Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Wm Watts 21st R N B Frs.), engraved naming, unofficial rivets; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue, (Wm Watts 21st R.N.B.Frs.), heavy contact wear, some edge bruising overall nearly very fine (2)

William Watts was born at St. Johns, Leeds in 1833 and attested at Hull on 4 May 1852 with the service number 2999 having previously been a groom. He was to serve almost eight of his ten years with the Regiment abroad, first at Malta but later joining the British Army in the Crimea where his service records confirm he earned four clasps to his medal. Later Watts was posted to the West Indies where he was to serve for a little over two years. He was discharged on 24 June 1862; sold together with copied service papers.

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Sold for
£280

Starting price
£60