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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 164

Pair: Private J. Thorn, 97th Regiment
Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, clasp loose on riband (John Thorn. 97th Regt.), officially impressed; Indian Mutiny 1857-58, one clasp, Lucknow (John Thorn. 97th Regt), central post re-affixed on last, edge details worn overall, good fine (2)

3558 Private John Thorn, born Redcliffe, Bristol; enlisted 97th Regiment, June 1854; discharged August 1876, having served 21 years and 28 days with the Colours.

The Bristol Times and Mirror gives the following obituary, 'We regret to announce that Mr John Thorne [sic], a Bristol veteran, died September 15th. Born in 1837, Mr Thorne enlisted June, 1854, in the 97th Regiment, now 2nd Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent), and served in that regiment for over 21 years. He saw active service in the Crimea and in India during the mutiny, receiving the Crimean, Turkish, and Mutiny medals, with clasps for Sebastopol and Lucknow. Mr Thorne was on the committee of the Veteran's Association and worked hard in the interest of his old comrades, and for some years he had been steward of the Beaconsfield Club, Ashton Gate. He was well known and much respected. The funeral took place at Greenback Cemetery, and was attended by a number of the local veterans.'

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