Private John Price served with the 95th (Derbyshire) Regiment during the Crimean War of 1854-65 and was deployed in the region in 1855. He was present at the siege of Sebastopol in 1855 shown by the Sebastopol clasp on his Crimean Medal.  

He was later deployed to India where he fought in the India's First War of Independence in 1857.   He is further recorded in the 1909 regimental record as being a surviving pensioner from this conflict.  

John sadly died of Enteric Fever (Typhoid) at Hyderabad on 18th June 1863. 

John received the following medals, for his service, which are held in the museum’s collection: Crimean Medal with Sebastopol clasp and Turkish Crimean Medal. 

He also received the Indian Mutiny Medal with the Central India clasp, which is unfortunately, not presently in the museum’s collection.