NAM.2001-08-187-11

Commission as Major, from 2 Nov 1855, granted to John Neptune Sargent, 6 Nov 1855. With Royal Seal. One of 19 items relating to Gen John Neptune Sargent, CB, 95th Regiment and 2nd and 1st Bns The 3rd (The East Kent) Regiment of Foot (The Buffs), 1844-1864. Gen Sargent also served in 42nd Brigade Depot and 27th Foot, 1st Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1873 to 1893, in Hong Kong, China, Alma, Crimea and Malta. From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Crimean War (1854-1856)