Next Move in the Great Game: The Crimea
Crimean War Medal
to
No. 1953 Private Patrick Timmons
46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot
c. 1856
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The original recipient of this medal was Patrick Timmons who was born around 1823 at Blessington, Wicklow, Ireland. He attested with the 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot as No. 1953 at Dublin on 24 December 1844. He was 21 years old and could expect to be in his early forties and the end of his 21-year enlistment.
Typical of the average “ranker” of his day, Timmons's military career was rather lackluster. He received his first good conduct pay ...
Imperial & Republican France
French Sergeant
Crimean War Veteran
c. 1860s
Troupes de Marine
Tonkin
French, Indo-China
c. 1900
Officer
Fusiliers Marins
Nomeá, New Caledonia
22 April 1910
Chasseur
1st Regiment
Chasseurs d'Afrique
Blidah, Algeria
c. 1890s
Chasseur Cycliste
Luneville, France
c. 1900
Sous Lieutenant de la Salle
Légion Étrangere
Mexico
c. 1860s
Tirailleur
Tirailleurs Algériens
Tunisia
c. 1890s
Zouave
3rd Regiment d'Zouaves
Oran
c. 1890s
Imperial Germany
Reiter
Heinrich Tieves
Schutztruppe für
Deutsch-Südwestafrika
Berlin, Germay
c. 1900
Reiter
Fritz Vesterling
Schutztruppe für
Deutsch-Südwestafrika
Berlin, Germay
c. 1910
Privates
Ostasiatische Infanterie China
c. 1900s
Matrose
(Ordinary Seaman)
Kaiserliche Marine
Germany
c. 1900s
Private
Asienkorps
(Pascha II Expedition)
Palestine
c. 1917
Schutztruppe Reiter
German Southwest Africa
c. 1905
Matrose
(Ordinary Seaman)
Outfitted for Shore Duty
Kaiserliche Marine
Germany
c. 1890s
Bavarian
Dispatch Cyclist
c. 1910
United States of America
Privates
Gabriel Chernecky & George Jones
15th U.S. Infantry
Tientsin, China
c. 1914
Trooper Martin Talmadge
7th United States Cavalry
Havana, Cuba
c. 1900
U.S. Army Color Guard
Philippine Islands
c. 1910
U.S. Soldier
&
Japanese Woman
Japan
c. 1917
Sergeant James Holden's Squad
8th U.S. Infantry
Camp Columbia, Cuba
c. 1900
Private
15th U.S. Infantry
&
Two Russian Soldiers
Tientsin, China
c. 1910
Three U.S. Soldiers
Camp Wallace
Philippine Islands
c. 1910
Ingorot Constable
Philippine Constabulary
Philippine Islands
c. 1910
Military Policeman
Philippine Constabulary
Philippine Islands
c. 1910
Private
Philippine Scouts
Philippine Islands
c. 1920
Private
K Company, 1st Regiment
Pennsylvania National Guard
c. 1890s
Czarist Russia
Russian Cossack in Rickshaw
Northern China
c. 1900
Russian Infantrymen
Russian Empire
c. 1900
Kingdom of Spain
Soldado
Regimiento de Infantería 'La Reina' nº 2
Ceuta, North Africa
c. 1910
Soldado
Regimiento de Infantería "Bailén" nº 60
Ceuta, North Africa
c. 1921
Colonel
Regimiento de Infantería
North Africa
c. 1910
The Netherlands
Private
Schutterij Militia
Java, Dutch East Indies 1860s
Eerste-Luitenant
A.E.N.B. Ötken
Batavia, Dutch East Indies
17 April 1878
Dutch Military Personnel
Dutch East Indies
c. 1890s
Imperial Japan
Private
Japanese Infantry
Japan
1900s
Portugal
Private
Portuguese Colonial Forces
Macau, Portuguese China
1905
Portuguese Naval Officers
2º Tenente João Maria Rodrigo
Pinheiro de Figueira e Melo
Goa, Portuguese India
17 February 1902
Kingdom of Italy
Italian Infantryman
Tripoli, Libya
c. 1911
Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Trooper
Ottoman Empire
c. 1910s
Military Attachés of the Rival Powers
British, Russian, German, Austrian, Japanese, and
Swedish Military Attachés
Santiago de Cuba
1898
American, Russian, German, French, Austrian, and
Italian Military Attachés
Cape Town, South Africa
c. 1901
Other Nations of Interest
Subteniente
Ernesto Alvarez
Portoviejo, Ecuador
4 December 1916