Abyssinia Medal 1867-68 (549 H. Meade. 26th Regt.)

Medal with usual suspension repair

The recipient was No 59 Private Henry Meade, of the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot

Medal Verification: The recipient is confirmed entitled to the medal, per the respective campaign medal roll cited below:

Abyssinia Medal: WO 100/43. Medal roll compiled and dated Fort William, Calcutta, 14 July 1869

The medal roll with remarks that Private Meade had disembarked in theatre Abyssinia on 31 March 1867, and that he had taken his discharge from the British Army on 31 May 1870

The 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the Scots Army and subsequently a Scottish infantry regiment of the British Army, active from 1689 to 1881. Although the regiment took the name of its first colonel as The Earl of Angus's Regiment, it became popularly known as The Cameronians until 1751, when it was ranked as the 26th Foot. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 90th Regiment of Foot (Perthshire Volunteers) to form the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) in 1881. The Cameronians were themselves disbanded in 1968, meaning that no Army unit today perpetuates the lineage of the 26th Foot

Condition: VF

Code: 25836