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Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath awarded to Colonel Edmund Jeffreys, 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers), 1855
Order of the Bath, badge, order of chivalry
Accession Number

NAM.1973-09-33-6

Description

Badge of a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) 1855. Awarded to Gen Edmund Richard Jeffreys, 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers). Gold Badge of a Companion (CB), awarded in 1855; Hallmarked 'LONDON 1815'. Reissued. Commissioned an ensign in the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) on 16 Jun 1825, Edmund Richard Jeffreys (1808-1889) received a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy on 20 Jun 1854 and as senior major commanded the four companies of the 88th that were present at the Battle of Inkerman. He was wounded and returned home, taking command on 16 Mar 1855 of the Depot Battalion at Parkhurst, Isle of Wight. He retired with the rank of lieutenant-general in 1878, and in 1881 was appointed honorary general, and Colonel of the 63rd (The West Suffolk) Regiment, later the Manchester Regiment.

Campaigns

Crimean War (1854-1856)

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