Colonel Shipley's Musket Ball, 1854
Object number
RFM.873
Object name
Shot (Ammunition)
Description
Colonel Shipley was shot in the leg whilst serving with the Royal Fusiliers in the Crimean War. He wrote to his mother; ”Hit at last, my dear Mamma, like a Woodcock in the thigh! I am very comfortable in our Tent. The Ball kindly came out on the other side. I have preserved it, I hope to bring it home.” Shipley later had the musket ball mounted as a souvenir! Musket balls were used as ammunition until c. 1870.
Production date
5.11.1854
Associated Person
Maj. Gen. Reginald Youge Shipley C.B.