List of British recipients of the Légion d'Honneur for the Crimean War

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National Order of the Legion of Honour
Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur
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Officier medal of the French Légion d'honneur
TypeOrder with five degrees
Awarded forExcellent civil or military conduct delivered, upon official investigation
Presented byFrance
StatusOpen since 1802
Established19 May 1802
First award14 July 1804
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Grand'croix (1st Class)
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Grand Officier (2nd Class)
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Commandeur (3rd Class)
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Officier (4th Class)

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Chevalier (5th Class)
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The Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856. Prior to the Crimean War there was no precedent of a mass exchange of awards between allied nations. However, in January 1856 Queen Victoria and the Emperor of France formally agreed to an interchange of decorations between their two Armies. [1] However, nominations for the French awards had already been gathered, with recommendations requested at the end of October 1855 and mid December 1855. [2] In exchange several awards of the Order of the Bath were made to French soldiers and sailors. [1]

Awards of the Légion d'Honneur to members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War were made in two lots, with awards first announced in the Le Moniteur of 16 and 19 July 1856 (with a consolidated list appearing in the London Gazette of 4 August 1856) and again on 22 April 1857 (which was republished in the London Gazette on 1 May 1857). [1] [3] [4] The Légion d'Honneur decorations awarded to members of the British Armed Forces were those of Napoleon III's Second Empire with the Maltese Asterisk suspended from an Imperial Crown.

British Armed Forces Recipients

The following alphabetical listing of recipients was drawn from the two London Gazette lists, with decorations awarded in the grade of Chevalier (5th class) unless otherwise stated. [3] [4]

Count Rodolphus Johannes Leslie Hibernicus De Salis, CB (Dublin 1811-London 1880) General Rodolph De Salis.jpg
Count Rodolphus Johannes Leslie Hibernicus De Salis, CB (Dublin 1811-London 1880)

Other British Recipients

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Abbott, P.E., 'Foreign awards to members of the British Forces for the Crimean War: Part I, Introduction, Légion d'Honneur and Medaille Militaire, The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, 36(1), Spring 1997, 16-27
  2. ↑ Mawson, Michael Hargreave, 'The award of the Légion d'Honneur to members of the British Forces for the Crimean War, The miscellany of honours, The Orders and Medals Research Society, 11, 1997, pp. 41-53
  3. 1 2 London Gazette, Monday August 4th, 1856, No. 21909
  4. 1 2 London Gazette, Friday May 1, 1857, No. 21996
  5. ↑ "Page 3675 | Issue 24999, 26 July 1881 | London Gazette | the Gazette".
  6. ↑ O'Byrne, William Richard (1849). "Porteous, Francis Pender"  . A Naval Biographical Dictionary  . John Murray – via Wikisource.
  7. ↑ Augustus Spencer- Retrieved 2016-06-12
  8. ↑ For more on Urmston, Commander William Brabazon RN see: O'Byrne, William R. (1849). "Urmston, William Brabazon"  . A Naval Biographical Dictionary . London: John Murray.
  9. ↑ Hawera and Normanby Star, 19 February 1901, p.3
  10. ↑ Evening Post, 13 November 1909, p. 9
  11. ↑ Evening Post, 27 December 1912, p.7
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