AN IMPORTANT CRIMEAN WAR GROUP OF FOUR TO A MEDICAL STAFF OF...

AN IMPORTANT CRIMEAN WAR GROUP OF FOUR TO A MEDICAL STAFF OFFICER AT SCUTARI. A group of four comprising an Order of the Bath, Military Division, in gold and enamel, indistinctly hallmarked with makers mark RG beneath a crown for Robert Garrard. On a crimson ribbon with buckle suspension and ring. Crimea Medal with Sebastopol clasp named to Stf. Sgn. R.J. O'Flaherty MDCl. Staff. Turkish Crimea medal, Sardinia issue (La Crimea) and Turkish Order of Medjidieh. In a velvet fronted mount. The award of the Crimea Medal with a single clasp is recorded to O'Flaherty as a 1st Class Staff Surgeon. A letter in the 'Kresen Kernow' archive from Richard James O'Flaherty at Scutari Hospital to Lord and Lady Braybrooke dated November 11th 1854, the day Grey died, records the treatment of Grey Neville, Grey being a son of Lady St Germans from Cornwall. Grey died at the Scutari Hospital from wounds received during the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava. The letter, presumably in an effort to ease the suffering of the grieving parents tells of his friendship with the Grey, Cornet in the 5th Dragoon Guards and his involvement with the 5th Dragoon Guards. 'Having been in charge of General Scarlett's Brigade of Cavalry from the commencement of the Campaign until the Battle of Balaklava, I was consequently ever in the camp with the 5 D Gds and became intimately acquainted with Mr Neville, particularly so after the two illnesses in Bulgaria. ... a few days before (the battle) I was placed in charge of a ship with wounded from the trenches to take them down to Scutari. The day before we started the Cavalry battle took place and amongst them my poor friend Neville was brought to me on a board ...' The letter continues in some detail of the actions of one of the two sons that Lord and Lady Braybrooke lost at the Crimea.

Estimate:£1,200

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