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Three: Private A. Talbot, 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (......
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Three: Private A. Talbot, 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Talbot. 63rd. Ft.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3470 Ambrose Talbot 63rd Foot) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (A. Talbot. 63rd. Reg.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with small ring suspension, mounted court-style for display, heavy edge bruising and contact marks especially to the first, with some consequent naming loss, therefore fine; the LS&GC better (3) £300-£400 --- Ambrose Talbot was born about May 1835 at Ardington, near Wantage, Berkshire. He attested for service in the 63rd Regiment at Reading on 30 March 1854. By the August of 1854 his regiment had became part of the 2nd Brigade in the 4th Division in the Crimea. He was taken ill, probably with cholera, shortly after landing in the Crimea and he was evacuated to Scutari Hospital, and repatriated to the U.K. He subsequently saw service in Ireland, Canada, Scotland, and India and was awarded the Army Long Service Medal with £5.00 gratuity in 1872. He was discharged in 1875, stating his intended place of residence as Ardington, Berkshire. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.
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Three: Private A. Talbot, 63rd Regiment of Foot Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (... Talbot. 63rd. Ft.) contemporarily engraved naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (3470 Ambrose Talbot 63rd Foot) officially impressed naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (A. Talbot. 63rd. Reg.) contemporarily engraved naming, pierced with small ring suspension, mounted court-style for display, heavy edge bruising and contact marks especially to the first, with some consequent naming loss, therefore fine; the LS&GC better (3) £300-£400 --- Ambrose Talbot was born about May 1835 at Ardington, near Wantage, Berkshire. He attested for service in the 63rd Regiment at Reading on 30 March 1854. By the August of 1854 his regiment had became part of the 2nd Brigade in the 4th Division in the Crimea. He was taken ill, probably with cholera, shortly after landing in the Crimea and he was evacuated to Scutari Hospital, and repatriated to the U.K. He subsequently saw service in Ireland, Canada, Scotland, and India and was awarded the Army Long Service Medal with £5.00 gratuity in 1872. He was discharged in 1875, stating his intended place of residence as Ardington, Berkshire. Sold with copied discharge papers and other research.
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