Crimean War Medal 1854-56, with three clasps: Alma, Inkermann, Sebastopol, awarded to Captain Audley Lemprière

Audley Lemprière was commissioned an ensign in the 77th (The East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot on 10 December 1852 and promoted lieutenant on 11 June 1854. The casualty rate among officers in the Crimea meant that by the tender age of twenty, shortly before his death during the attack on the Russian rifle pits on 19 April 1855, he had already been promoted captain. His memorial tablet in Newton-Valence Church near Alton states that 'He enjoyed in a remarkable degree the confidence of those above him in command, and the esteem and affection of his brother officers and men; and, from the excellence and amiability of his character, his loss is deeply lamented by all who knew him.'.

Donated by Miss E M Lempriere.