Person:William Arnold (22)

Captain, 4th Regiment of Foot, British Army.

The Crimean campaign medal to Captain W. T. Arnold, 4th (King’s Own) Regiment, mortally wounded and taken prisoner at Sebastopol . Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Capt. W. T. Arnold, 4th Regt.) officially impressed naming, toned, extremely fine £2000-2500. Footnote William Trail Arnold was appointed Ensign in the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment, by purchase, on 20 November 1846, and promoted to Lieutenant in November 1848. He purchased his captaincy on 10 February 1854. The circumstances of his mortal wound are described in the regimental history: ‘On 5th May [1855] Captain Arnold of the King’s Own was surprised and shot down as he was posting sentries in the advanced trenches; he was carried a prisoner to Sevastopol, where he died that night. Many of his men ran back to the main trench, but Private Thomas Scunelles stood firm, rallied his comrades and the position was held.’ http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=48215

•William Fitch Arnold (1794-1828), served in the 19th Lancers, rising to captain. He had six children, of whom all four daughters married clergymen. His eldest son became a clergyman and left numerous offspring, while his second son William Trail Arnold was killed in action at 28 during the siege of Sebastopol in 1855 while serving as a captain of the 4th Foot. http://www.strategypage.com/cic/docs/cic229b.asp

Captain, 4th Regiment of Foot, British Army.

The Crimean campaign medal to Captain W. T. Arnold, 4th (King?s Own) Regiment, mortally wounded and taken prisoner at Sebastopol . Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Alma, Inkermann (Capt. W. T. Arnold, 4th Regt.) officially impressed naming, toned, extremely fine £2000-2500. Footnote William Trail Arnold was appointed Ensign in the 4th (King?s Own) Regiment, by purchase, on 20 November 1846, and promoted to Lieutenant in November 1848. He purchased his captaincy on 10 February 1854. The circumstances of his mortal wound are described in the regimental history: ?On 5th May [1855] Captain Arnold of the King?s Own was surprised and shot down as he was posting sentries in the advanced trenches; he was carried a prisoner to Sevastopol, where he died that night. Many of his men ran back to the main trench, but Private Thomas Scunelles stood firm, rallied his comrades and the position was held.? http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=48215