SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 100
BALTIC 1854-55 (1st Lieut. F. Lean, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Albion) engraved naming, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine
£150-200
Francis Lean joined the Royal Marines as 2nd Lieutenant on 30 December 1850, becoming Lieutenant in February 1854. He served with the Baltic expeditions in 1854 and 1855 (Medal). He served with the Royal Marine Battalion, in co-operation with the French Army, at the bombardment and capture of the forts of Bomarsund, Aland Isles, in August, 1854, and was in the Company that took possession of Fort Nottich, and brought away the Russian garrison. He commanded the detachment of Marines in a gun-boat of the flotilla, and was actively engaged with the enemy during the bombardment of Sveaborg in August, 1855. Promoted to Captain in March 1862, he served with the Battalion sent out for service in Japan in 1864-66; and was present at the bombardment of the batteries at the Straits of Simono-seki, the entrance of the inland sea of Japan, the assault, capture and destruction of the five batteries, stockade, magazines, and barracks, and during the shore operations, from the 5th to the 8th September, 1864. Lean was promoted to Major in August 1875 and retired as Lieutenant-Colonel in October 1877.
Francis Lean founded the Royal Navy List which was published quarterly from January 1878 up to the Great War, and of which he was Joint Editor and Proprietor.
101 CRIMEA 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed, replacement claw fitting, some contact marks and edge bruising, very fine £60-80 102
103 104 £60-80
CRIMEA 1854-56, no clasp (Pte. G. Riddett, 2d Bn. Rifle Bde.) naming re-engraved, old ribbon, dark tone, good very fine £80-100
TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (Color Sergt. Josh Rodney, 14th Regt.) pierced with ring and straight bar suspension, minor edge bruising, very fine
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Saml. Tonkin, Boatss. Mate, “Winchester”) slight edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine
£200-250
Samuel Tonkin signed on to H.M.S. San Josef as a Boy 3rd Class, aged 14 years, on 20 August 1836. He later served aboard H.M. Ships Acorn, Melville, Warspite and Cambrian. He served as Boatswain’s Mate aboard H.M.S. Winchester, 26 March 1852-17 July 1853; after which he served as Boatswain aboard H.M.S. Bittern, July 1853-December 1854. With copied service paper.
105 106
107 INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (R. H. Martin, Plumbrs. Mate, H.M.S. “Modeste”) good very fine £250-300
INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Jowaki 1877-8 (2105 Pte. Benj. Rowe, 2/9th Foot) contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (4444 Pte. J. Jones, 1st Bn. Rif. Brig.) nearly extremely fine £160-200
George Summers enlisted into the Royal Engineers at Canterbury on 29 July 1878. As 15863 Driver in the 17th Mounted Company R. E., he deserted on 7 April 1881. He then re-attested for the Rifle Brigade at Beverley, East Yorkshire on 3 May 1881, giving his name as John Jones, age 22 years, stating his birthplace to be Penge, Kent, occupation as Blacksmith, without any previous military service.
John Jones was posted to the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade but was transferred to the 2nd Battalion in March 1882. He served in India, March 1882-December 1887. In September he confessed to having deserted from the Royal Engineers and having re-enlisted under a false name. He was exempted from trial under a section of the Army Act. In December 1887 he was transferred to the Army Reserve; being discharged on 2 May 1893. With copied service papers, including copied letter of confession.
108
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (2nd Engr. David Shaw, I.F. Cos. Str. Ashley Eden) edge bruising and scratches on Queen’s neck, otherwise very fine and rare
£300-350 Ex Douglas-Morris Collection, B.D.W. 16 October 1996.
The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company’s Steamer Ashley Eden (Captain J. Cooper) was selected by the Indian Government to deliver an ultimatum to King Thibaw in Mandalay in October 1885. Captain Cooper was ordered to deliver the ultimatum to the King himself, and to wait, with banked fires, not later than 5 November for an answer.
The Ashley Eden left Mandalay with the King’s response and on her way down river was fired on, although war had not yet been declared, by the various forts. She arrived in Rangoon on 9 November. As the answers were not satisfactory, war was declared on King Thibaw and the whole of the Company’s flotilla fleet was requisitioned by the Government for the expedition. During the war that followed the Company’s Steamers were used to carry 9,467 men, 77 guns and related stores.
109 110
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Sikkim 1888 (272 Pte. J. Lynch, 2nd Bn. Derby R.) edge bruise, some contact marks, very fine
£240-280
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (8172 Corpl. A. Dillon, 1st Bn. E. Kent R.) contact marks and slight edge bruising, nearly very fine, rare to regiment
£400-450
Albert Henry Dillon was born in the Parish of Horsfield, near Bristol. He attested for full-time service in the East Kent Regiment, joining in Dublin in June 1883, aged 14 years. Serving initially as a Boy, he was appointed Drummer in January 1884, Lance Corporal in March 1891, Corporal in June 1892 and Sergeant in November 1899. He served in Malta during 1885, in the Straits and Settlements, 1885-87, in India during 1887-1901 and Burma during 1901-02. During his tour of duty in India he was one of only ten East Kent Regiment recipients of the ‘N.E. Frontier 1891’ clasp, earned as a Lance Corporal attached to the Quartermaster’s Department in the Manipur Expedition. He was also entitled to the India General Service Medal 1895-1902, with clasps for the Relief of Chitral 1895 and Punjab Frontier 1897-98. Dillon was discharged in November 1904 after completing his second period of engagement. One of 10 ‘N.E. Frontier 1891’ clasps awarded to the regiment.
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