Gen. Sir James Pattoun Sparks, CB

James Pattoun Sparks, C.B. (Companion of the Bath). Col., 38th Regiment of the Foot in Crimea and India Mutiny. The baronetage and knightage By Joseph Foster https://books.google.co.za/books?id=uFE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA758&lpg=PA758...

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Ensign 27/7/1815 Lieut. 30/7/1818 Capt. 5/9/1826 Brev.-Maj. 23/11/1841

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/95th_(Derbyshire)_Regiment_of_Foot 1871–1876: Gen. James Pattoun Sparks, CB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_British_recipients_of_the_L%C... The Légion d'Honneur was awarded to 746 members of the British Armed Forces during the Crimean War (also known as the Russian War) which lasted from 1854 to 1856. The Légion d'Honneur decorations awarded to members of the British Armed Forces were those of Napoleon III's Second Empire with the Maltese Asterisk suspended from an Imperial Crown. The Legion of Honour, full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (French: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur),[2] is the highest French order for military and civil merits, established 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte. The order is divided into five degrees of increasing distinction: Chevalier (Knight), Officier (Officer), Commandeur (Commander), Grand Officier (Grand Officer) and Grand'Croix (Grand Cross).

Sparks, Lieutenant-Colonel James Pattoun C.B., 38th Regiment. (4TH CLASS)