K.C.B. and Crimean War group awarded to General Sir John Hart Dunne K.C.B.The Most Honourable...

K.C.B. and Crimean War group awarded to General Sir John Hart Dunne K.C.B.

The Most Honourable Order Of The Bath, K.C.B. Military, comprising neck badge and breast badge;  Crimea Medal 1854-56, 4 clasps, Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Sebastopol, awarded to 'Lieu. I. H. Dunne 21st R.N.B Fusileers';  Second China War Medal 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860, awarded to 'Capt. J. H. Dunne. 99th. Regt.';  Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class, set of insignia;  Turkish Crimea Medal 1855-56, French issue, unnamed. Together with a framed monochrome photographic print of General Sir John Hart Dunne K.C.B., three quarter length, front facing and a tinted photograph framed with a study of two Officers of the 21^st Fusiliers, dated 14^th Sept (18)54.

General Sir John Hart Dunne K.C.B. was born in December 1835. Dunne obtained his first commission with the 62^nd Regiment in September 1852, transferring into the 21^st Regiment in January 1854, and travelled to the Crimea with his regiment as Lieutenant. He received the Crimea Medal with four clasps, the Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class and Turkish Crimea Medal. He gained his Captaincy in July 1855 and transferred to the 99^th Regiment in 1856. In 1860 Dunne took part in the campaign in the north of China being awarded the China War Medal with two clasps.

In 1865 General Sir John Hart Dunne was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel, reaching the rank of Major-General in 1881, Lieutenant-General in 1889, and General in 1893. In 1894 Dunne was appointed Lieutenant of the Tower of London, in 1898 became Colonel of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Wiltshire Regiment and in 1899 was given a reward for distinguished and meritorious service. Dunne retired in 1902 and received the The Most Honourable Order Of The Bath, K.C.B., in 1906. General Sir John Hart Dunne K.C.B., died in 1924 at his residence in Sidmouth, Devon.