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| Silver medal presented on 20 May 1801 to Quarter Master James Carr |
Medals to recognise an act of bravery or campaign service were first issued by Queen Victoria in 1858. Prior to this regiments in the British army had their own medals made such as this silver medal which was presented on 20 May 1801 to Quarter Master James Carr of the 86th Foot.
'I turned over one poor chap on a rocky, bloody crag on Tanngoucha. He was facing the right way, the last round of a clip in the breech and three dead Germans in front of him. His name was Duff. After all is over - and the remainder of the Empire is understandably irritated with Ireland - I hope these countless Duffs, from both the North and the South, and in all three services, will be remembered.
(Brigadier Nelson Russell, Commander 38 (Irish) Brigade, 1942-44)
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