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The group of four miniature dress medals worn by Major-General F. E. Appleyard, 80th, 7th,...

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The group of four miniature dress medals worn by Major-General F. E. Appleyard, 80th, 7th, 85th, and 10th Regiments of Foot

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lt. R. E. Appleyard. 80th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400

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Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1996.

C.B. London Gazette 29 May 1875.

Frederick Ernest Appleyard was born in 1830 and was commissioned Ensign in the 80th Regiment of Foot on 14 June 1850. He saw active service during the Second Anglo-Burmese War, and was present at the Capture of Martaban, the operations before Rangoon on 12-14 April, the capture of the Great Dragon Pagoda with the storming party, and the capture of Prome (medal with clasp Pegu). Promoted Lieutenant on 12 October 1852, he transferred to the Royal Fusiliers on 17 June 1853, and was promoted Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Royal Fusiliers during the Crimean War, and was present at the Battles of Alma (wounded) and Inkermann, and the siege of Sebastopol, including the sorties on 5 April and 9 May, the Defence of the Quarries on 7 June, and the first assault on the Grand Redan, 18 June 1855. For his services in the Crimea he was promoted Brevet Major, was Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the Turkish Crimea Medal, and was awarded the Fifth Classes of both the French Legion of Honour and the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh.

Appleyard transferred to the 85th Light Infantry on 5 February 1861, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 6 March 1867, and then Colonel on 6 March 1872 Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, he saw further action during the Second Afghan War in Command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Peshawur Valley Field Force. Present at the attack and capture of Ali Musjid and in the Bazaar Valley (medal with clasp), for his services in Afghanistan he was twice Mentioned in Despatches.

Appleyard was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot on 29 January 1881, and retired with the rank of Major-General on 11 June 1884. He died on 4 April 1911, aged 81.
The group of four miniature dress medals worn by Major-General F. E. Appleyard, 80th, 7th, 85th, and 10th Regiments of Foot

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lt. R. E. Appleyard. 80th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; Crimea 1854-56, 3 clasps, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol; Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £300-£400

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Provenance: Glendining’s, November 1996.

C.B. London Gazette 29 May 1875.

Frederick Ernest Appleyard was born in 1830 and was commissioned Ensign in the 80th Regiment of Foot on 14 June 1850. He saw active service during the Second Anglo-Burmese War, and was present at the Capture of Martaban, the operations before Rangoon on 12-14 April, the capture of the Great Dragon Pagoda with the storming party, and the capture of Prome (medal with clasp Pegu). Promoted Lieutenant on 12 October 1852, he transferred to the Royal Fusiliers on 17 June 1853, and was promoted Captain on 29 December 1854. He served with the Royal Fusiliers during the Crimean War, and was present at the Battles of Alma (wounded) and Inkermann, and the siege of Sebastopol, including the sorties on 5 April and 9 May, the Defence of the Quarries on 7 June, and the first assault on the Grand Redan, 18 June 1855. For his services in the Crimea he was promoted Brevet Major, was Mentioned in Despatches, was awarded the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the Turkish Crimea Medal, and was awarded the Fifth Classes of both the French Legion of Honour and the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh.

Appleyard transferred to the 85th Light Infantry on 5 February 1861, and was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 6 March 1867, and then Colonel on 6 March 1872 Appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, he saw further action during the Second Afghan War in Command of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Peshawur Valley Field Force. Present at the attack and capture of Ali Musjid and in the Bazaar Valley (medal with clasp), for his services in Afghanistan he was twice Mentioned in Despatches.

Appleyard was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 10th Regiment of Foot on 29 January 1881, and retired with the rank of Major-General on 11 June 1884. He died on 4 April 1911, aged 81.

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