Crimea, died, succumbed to wounds during the assault on the Redan

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4040 Private Lot Gorman, 7th Royal Fusiliers, Crimea medal, depot impressed
(The medal was found in the USA with the clasp and suspension missing, repaired with original parts)
4040 Private Lot Gorman, enlisted in 13th February 1855 and was embodied on the 1ST May  and was sent to Malta on the 4th May and entered the Crimea on the 2nd July 1855.
On the 8th September 1955 the final British assault on the Redan, it was a bloody failure hundreds fell cut to pieces by grape and cannister, losses were huge.
However the French Guard Imperial assault on the Malakoff was a success and the fort and Sebastopol fell.
It was during this assault that Lot was seriously wounded, he was carried off the battlefield and put on board a ship for the  299-mile voyage from Sebastopol to the hospital at Scutari. The records show he made it the hospital but succumbed to his wounds.
We have no information on who Lot was, where he came from or if anyone at the time missed him.

[Mark P]

Thank your for sharing you collection of beautiful Crimean war medals.

 

Regards Mark