Lot 491
491
Pair: Colour-Sergeant George Bayford, 33rd Regiment, Crimea, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt., 33rd[?]), regimentally impressed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (C. Bayford), engraved naming, first with edge bruising and heavily contact marked, worn, the second nearly very fine, with silver riband buckles (2)

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Pair: Colour-Sergeant George Bayford, 33rd Regiment, Crimea, three clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Serjt., 33rd[?]), regimentally impressed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (C. Bayford), engraved naming, first with edge bruising and heavily contact marked, worn, the second nearly very fine, with silver riband buckles (2)

Lot Essay

Colour-Sergeant George Bayford was born in Devizes, Wiltshire in 1828 and joined the 33rd Foot in 1844. In November 1851 he was tried by Court Martial for making a frivolous complaint to a Pay Sergeant and was sentenced to 20 days hard labour. He served two years four months in the Crimea, was appointed Colour-Sergeant in 1858, and discharged at his own request in India in 1860.