Lot 2100

Description

Trio: Crimea Medal - clasp - Sebastopol; New Zealand Medal, undated (2855 Pte W Whelan 57th Foot); Turkish Crimea Medal. Engraved in the style of early issues to men of British Regiments discharged in New Zealand. The New Zealand Medal once brooched and removed, good fine or better.

Ex S Baldwin (Auckland) 1998. William Whelan was born in Johnstown and enlisted in the 57th Regiment of Foot on 6 June 1854. He served with the 57th Regiment in the Crimean War and later in India. It was while serving in India that he was sent to New Zealand. His detachment of the 57th Regiment left Bombay on the 'Star Queen' on 23 November 1860 and arrived at New Plymouth on 23 January 1861. Private Whelan served throughout New Zealand before taking his discharge with gratuity at Auckland on 25 March 1867. He settled in Taranaki and was still a resident in 1903 when his name appeared in Lord Ranfurly's Roll of Defenders of the Empire. Undated medals were awarded to men no longer in the Regiment with whom they had won the medal.