CRIMEA AND TURKISH CRIMEA to Major Charles Le Mesurier Carey

CRIMEA AND TURKISH CRIMEA to Major Charles Le Mesurier Carey 63rd Foot with family medals consisting of 1939 to 45 Star, France And Germany Star, Defence and End of War. With calling out notice to 1431264 Gunner G C Carey 51st London AA Regiment RA TA. With transmittal slip. Crimea Medal engraved in a contemporary style to Capt C Le M Carey 63rd Regt Turkish Crimea unnamed as issued Turkish Crimea Contemporarily engraved Bt Major Chas L M Carey 63rd Regt Charles Le Mesurier Carey was born on Guernsey in 1827. He joined the army as an ensign on 13th August 1847. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 18th January 1850 and Captain on 6th November 1854. Carey served in the Crimean war with the 63rd Foot and was awarded the Crimea Medal with Clasps Alma, Balaklava, Inkermann and Sebastopol. Along with the Turkish Crimea. He resigned his commission in 1862 and then commanded the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Militia as Lieutenant Colonel. Carey was at the centre of a most scandalous defamation case and family feud. His Brother in Law retired Colonel De Vic Tupper seems to have suffered with mental health. In his 1891 biography, he wrote a section stating Carey had had him illegally committed. The Star Newspaper on Tuesday 10th February 1891 covered the libel suit; the following was the basis of the lawsuit. 'On the 9th February 1875, Major Charles Le Mesurier Carey, brother-in-law of the undersigned, Vice President of the Asylum Board, in which capacity he had charge thereof, obtained by surprise, or, bought, at all events obtained from Dr A. K. Corbin, who was Just beginning to practice (son of Dr Jasil Corbin) the last named being the regular medical attendant of the undersigned, a certificate certifying the undersigned to be mad, and the said day, 9th of February, 1875, the undersigned saw his house invaded by four artillerymen and a corporal, and despite his resistance, which can be well understood, he was apprehended, bound, and carried off as a dangerous man to the Asylum, where he was thrown, bruised, covered with blows and blood, into a cell, without receiving any attention until the following morning'. It was proved to be a complete falsehood, and Carey was awarded £50 in damages, and Tupper was fined £50. Carey passed away in 1905, his death was announced in the Army and Navy Gazette. ' Major Charles Le Mesurier Carey, late 63rd Regiment, died at Beaumont, Guernsey, on the 30th ult., aged 78. He joined the Army as Ensign Aug. 13, 1847; was promoted to Lieutenant Jan. 18, 1850; Captain Nov. 6, 1854; and Major June 6, 1856. He resigned by a sale of his commission in 1862 and had since that time been Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Guernsey Light Infantry Militia. Major Carey served in the Eastern Campaign of 1854 and to July 1855, including the battles of Alma, Balaclava, and Inkerman, and the siege of Sebastopol (medal with four clasps, brevet of Major, and Turkish medal).