Four medals to Private John Grant, 93rd Highlanders: Crimea 1854-56, clasp: Sebastopol (JOHN GRANT,

Four medals to Private John Grant, 93rd Highlanders: Crimea 1854-56, clasp: Sebastopol (JOHN GRANT, 93rd HIGHRS), engraved in serif capitals, very fine; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps: Lucknow, Relief of Lucknow (JOHN GRANT, 93RD HIGHLANDERS), impressed, very fine or better; India 1849-95, clasp: Umbeyla (3275 J GRANT 93RD HIGHLANDERS), impressed, good very fine; Turkish Crimea, British issue, replacement foliate suspension (3275 JOHN GRANT 93D HIGHLANDERS), privately engraved, edge bruising, near very fine. [4]

John Grant was born in Banff, Scotland, and enlisted in the 93rd Highlanders in August 1854. Joining his regiment in the Crimea after the Battle of Balaklava but in time to serve in the siege and fall of Sebastopol, he subsequently saw action at the Relief of Lucknow in November 1857. Remaining in India he took part in the Umbeyla expedition of 1863. He was discharged in 1866.