Aged 14, he joined the East Surrey Army Cadets, and as soon as he reached the minimum age of 17 ½ he enlisted in the Coldstream Guards ... to be an instructor. In Egypt, rioting had resulted ...

Crimean war (1854-5) medal awarded to Private William Davies, Coldstream Guards, with bars for the Siege of Sebastapol and the Battles of Balaklava and Inkerman. William was born in the tiny ...