PRIVATE M. SUTHERLAND, 79TH FOOT (CAMERON HIGHLANDERS). Crimea Medal, 1 clasp, Sebastopol

PRIVATE M. SUTHERLAND, 79TH FOOT (CAMERON HIGHLANDERS). Crimea Medal, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (regimentally impressed: 2564. M. SUTHERLAND, 79. CAMERON. HIGHLANDERS). Extremely Fine, and with a length of original ribbon.

Medal accompanied by biographical details, extract from Scotland 1851 census and copied extracts from Crimea Medal Roll, which confirm medal and clasps and gives full name as Murdoch Sutherland.

Murdoch Sutherland was born in Scotland in 1823. He is recorded in the 1851 British Army World-Wide Index serving as 2564 Private with the 79th Foot at the Regimental Depot in Berwick and being in the same location at the time of the 1851 Scotland census.