Crimea Medal clasps Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol (2557 Private W. J. Carless 2nd. Battalion Rifle Brigade) re-engraved naming, with pin brooch fitted to backstrap of top clasp; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue (2557 Private W. J. Carless 2nd. Battalion Rifle Brigade) engraved naming, plugged and fitted with a rather crude Crimea-style suspension, contact marks and edge bruising
William John Carless was born in Bedford in 1828 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 31 December 1845. He served with the 2nd Battalion in North America and then in the Crimea where, at the Battle of Inkermann, he received a Gunshot Wound to his left leg "causing an inability to press the foot firmly on the ground." He was discharged on 9 December 1856, ‘totally unfit for further service’, subject to palpitations, after 9 years and 344 days’ service.
According to the 1881 census he was a a Cordwainer and Chelsea Pensioner living at 10 Bright Hill, Guildford, Surrey. .
Sold with copied record of service.
