A FINE
(Officially Impressed)
THREE CLASP
"CRIMEA" MEDAL
& TURKISH CRIMEA (British Issue)




To:
4700 Pte T. HESELTINE. SCOTS FUSILIER GUARDS.
DIED OF DYSENTRY, Age Only 19, At Scutari, 9th January 1855.

[BIOGRAPHY]
From Pickering (Thornton) in Yorkshire. Born c,1836. Initially enlisted in North York Rifle Regiment of Militia on 27th February 1854 as Pte 1000. He had been a labourer. Released from the militia for regular army enlistment on 3rd June 1854 (and asked to return his previous bounty payment !)

His service papers (shown below) confirm his arrival in the Crimea on 21st September 1854.
(This was ONE DAY AFTER The Battle of Alma)
He served for just 219 days before dying of DYSENTRY at Scutari Hospital on 9th January 1855 at age 19.

His service papers (shown left) confirm entitlement to all three clasps, and state:
"Present at the Battles of BALAKLAVA, INKERMAN and siege of SEVASTOPOL.



Rolls also confirm the Inkerman & Sebastopol clasps.
(The Balaklava Roll for this unit has not survived)
He was 5ft 7" tall with a florid complexion.

Officially Impressed:
T. HESELTINE SCTs FUSILr Gds.

[CLASPS]
BALACLAVA

INKERMANN

SEBASTOPOL






An excellent pair in EF to an unfortunate and very young Yorkshire lad who succumbed, as so many did, at Scutari Hospital, to the horrendous levels of water borne illness and rife infections which existed during the Crimean War.

With rarely surviving service papers, this is an excellent & most attractive pair.

EF with early ribbons.

£895