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Crimea 3 Bars 1st Bn 1st Regt

Crimea Medal, 3 bars, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, John Shickell, 1st Battalion 1st Regiment. Officially impressed naming.

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Crimea Medal, 3 bars, Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, John Shickell, 1st Battalion 1st Regiment (The Royal Scots).

 

Officially impressed naming: “J. SHICKELL. 1st BATn 1st REGt”. Bar entitlement confirmed on the roll and showing his first name as John with service number 3033. Two edge knocks otherwise G.V.F.

 

John Shickell was born circa 1833-1834 to George Shickell in Pimlico, Middlesex, he lived with his father in the 1851 Census aged 18 and was working as a Hawker.