A Crimea War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal W. Bishop, 46th Regiment of Foot, who died of scarle...

The 46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot was raised in 1741 and saw extensive service in North America during the latter half of the 18th Century and early 19th Century, including in the Caribbean, and subsequently took part in the Crimean War. It amalgamated with the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot in 1881 to become the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, and saw further service in the Egyptian campaign and in South Africa during the Boer War, as well as extensive service in both the Great War and the Second World War. Following the Second World War the Regiment amalgamated successively with the Somerset Light Infantry to form the Somerset and Cornwall Light Infantry in 1959; with the Durham Light Infantry, the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry, and the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry to form the Light Infantry in 1968; and then with the Devonshire and Dorset Light Infantry, the Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire Light Infantry, and the Royal Green Jackets to form The Rifles in 2007. A Crimea War D.C.M. awarded to Corporal W. Bishop, 46th Regiment of Foot, who died of scarlet fever at Scutari in January 1855 Distinguished Conduct Medal, V.R. (Corpl. Wm. Bishop. 46th. Regt.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £1,000-£1,400 --- One of 16 D.C.M.s awarded to the 46th Foot for the Crimea. D.C.M. Recommended 15 January 1855. William Bishop was born in Stourport, Worcestershire, and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 6 December 1844. He was advanced Corporal on 1 April 1854, and arrived in the Crimea on 14 September 1854 (entitled to a Crimea Medal with clasps for Alma and Sebastopol). He went absent sick on 23 September, and is recorded as having died of scarlet fever at Scutari on 22 January 1855.