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Badge of the 5th Class of the Turkish Order of the Mejidie, Colonel Edmund Jeffreys, 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers
Order of the Medjidieh, Turkey, order, foreign award
Accession Number

NAM.1973-09-33-9

Description

Badge of the 5th Class of the Turkish Order of the Mejidie, 1855 (c). Awarded to Gen Edmund Richard Jeffreys, 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers). Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856). 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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