1st medal --
top left-hand side -- is the South Africa medal
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At the Cape of Good Hope from
7 Aug 1841 to 19 Sept 1846. While at the Cape was engaged in the
following operations against the Emigrant Farmers at Natal -- Attack
on the Boers'Camp at Congella (?) 23 & 24 May '42 -- Camp attacked
by the Boers 24 May -- Camp besieged by the Boers 31 May to 26 June --
Sortie on advanced trench of the Boers 18 June 1842
(Signature
illegible)
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Present in the
Kaffir War of 1846 against Chief ______.
Gibb, Major
R.E.
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2nd medal --
middle top row -- is Crimean War medal, with bar for
"Sebastopol"
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Landed in the
Crimea 4 June 1855. Present at the Capture of the Quarries 6
June 55 -- Assault on the Redan 18 June 1855 & Bombardment of 17
August
C. Sedley,
Captain
R.E.
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3rd medal --
top right hand side -- is the Long Service and Good Conduct
medal
Discharged at
his own request on the 25th September 1863
John Grant, Captain
R.E.
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4th medal --
2nd row, on the left -- is the 1852 French Imperial Medialle Militaire
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In August 1855
-- by fetching into the Trenches before Sebastopol a wounded soldier
laying out in the open under the enemy's fire.
C. Sedley,
Captain, R.E.
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Before he went back to get the wounded man, he was advised not to as he
was a married man with children. He responded - "If I don't
make it back, tell my wife may last thoughts were of her" and off
he went.
From Medals
of the British Army and How They Were Won 1861 by Thomas
Cauter, page 117, the description of the French Military War
Medal
Corporal
John McMurphy served in Crimea 5 months. Was present
of the capture of the Quarries on 7 June 1855; assault on
the Redan 18 June 1855; bombardment of the 17th August and
capture of Sebastopol.
Distinguished
himself by carrying into the trenches a wounded soldier from
the open under a heavy fire from the enemy before
Sebastopol, in August 1855, for which gallantry he was
awarded the sum 3 Pounds Sterling by the Commander in Chief
of the Forces.
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5th medal --
2nd row, on the right -- is the Turkish Crimean medal
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Landed in the
Crimea 4 June 1855. Present at the Capture of the Quarries 6
June 55 -- Assault on the Redan 18 June 1855 & Bombardment of 17
August
C. Sedley,
Captain R.E.
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