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Crimea War Medal 1854-56, with three clasps: Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, Captain Audley Lemprière, 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot
Crimea Medal 1854-56, clasp, campaign medal
Accession Number

NAM.1974-09-48-1

Description

Crimea Medal 1854-56, 3 clasps: Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; awarded to Capt Audley Lemprière, 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot. Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). Audley Lemprière was commissioned an ensign in the 77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot on 10 Dec 1852 and promoted lieutenant on 11 Jun 1854. The casualty rate among officers in the Crimea meant that by the tender age of twenty, shortly before his death during the attack on the Russian rifle pits on 19 Apr 1855, he had already been promoted captain. His memorial tablet in Newton-Valence Church near Alton states that ‘He enjoyed in a remarkable degree the confidence of those above him in command, and the esteem and affection of his brother officers and men; and, from the excellence and amiability of his character, his loss is deeply lamented by all who knew him.’

Events

Alma, Battle of the, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Inkerman, Battle of, 1854 (Crimean War 1854-1856), Sevastopol, Siege of, 1854-55 (Crimean War 1854-1856)

Associated collection