The Collection of Medals awarded to the Medical services formed by the late Tony Sabell - Part I 338 339 340 341
CRIMEA 1854-56, 2 clasps, Inkermann, Sebastopol (Pte. Robt. Walker, Ambe. Corps) engraved naming, jeweller’s mark on edge, slight edge bruising and contact marks, very fine
£180-220
With copied roll extracts. TURKISH CRIMEA 1855, Sardinian issue (No. 973. Hospl. Serjt. J. A. Fisher, 5th Dragoon Gds.) impressed naming, fitted
with a silver swivel straight bar suspension, edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine slight edge bruising, good very fine £60-80
With copied roll extract. INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Lucknow (Hospl. Serjt. R. Taylor, 2nd Dragn. Gds.) jeweller’s mark below truncation,
£280-320
INDIAGENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Persia (T. P. Johnston, Asst. Surg. Semiramis, S.F.) minor edge bruising, good very fine
£1000-1200
Theophilus Bolton Wright Plunkett Johnston was born on 16 April 1831. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 7 November 1854 and advanced to Surgeon in November 1866 and Surgeon-Major in July 1873. Placed on Temporary Half Pay in January 1885, he retired on 16 April 1885. He died at Brandon on 17 December 1894. Served at the Persian campaign - present at the capture of Bushire and Muhamara.
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (Hospl. Asst. Wajid Ali, 24th Bl. Infy.) claw tightened/refixed, a few surface scratches, good very fine
£140-180 INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Bhootan (Asst. Surgn. J. G. French, 44th Native Infy.) nearly extremely fine £500-600
John Gay French was born on 27 June 1839. He was educated at Ledwich School, Dublin, Queen’s College, Galway and Trinity College, Dublin and qualified as a M.R.C.S. in 1859 and L.K.Q.C.P. in 1860. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 1 October 1860. He further qualified as a M.D.,
M.Ch. and Q.U.I. in 1870 and was elected a F.R.C.S. in 1870. In the Army he was advanced to Surgeon in October 1872 and Surgeon-Major in July 1873. He died at Ballingar, Galway on 28 July 1885. He served on the N.E. Frontier, 1865-66 and at the recapture of Diwangiri. Author of Endemic Fever in Lower Bengal, 1873; edited the Indian Medical Gazette, 1875-76.
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INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Naga 1879-80 (Hospl. Asstt. Pertab Sing, 44th Regt. N.I.) some contact marks, very fine
£240-280
With some copied research. INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Asst. Apothy. J. E. Heppolette, S.M.D.) nearly extremely fine
£140-180
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95 (2), 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7, bronze issue (335 Water Carrier Hoosein Bux, Bo. A.H.N. Corps); another, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1894-5, bronze issue (Sweeper Dhunda, Med. Deptt.) second with edge bruising, nearly very fine (2)
£160-200 A.H.N. Corps - Army Hospital Native Corps. 347 348
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Hazara 1888 (189 Hospl. Asstt. Shaikh Ismail, S.M.D.) naming corrected, suspension refixed, edge bruising, good fine; another, 1 clasp, Hazara 1891 (2597 Ward Orderly Shamlal Khattri, 1st Bn. 2d Gurkha Regt.) about very fine (2)
£160-200
INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Lushai 1889-92 (Surgeon Captn H. M. Morris, S.M.D. 2d Bl. Infy.) renamed, nearly extremely fine
£100-140
Herbert MacKinlay Morris was born on 23 January 1863. Qualified as a M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. Lon. 1885. Appointed a Surgeon on 30 September 1886; Major, September 1898; Lieutenant-Colonel, September 1906. He retired on 14 May 1907 and died at Utakamand on 1 May 1914.
349 INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (Surgn. G. B. French, I.M.S.) nearly extremely fine £200-250
George Brooke French was born on 14 September 1858. He qualified as a M.R.C.S. Edinburgh University, 1885 and L.R.C.P. Lond. 1886. Appointed a Surgeon in the Indian Medical Service on 30 September 1886. Gained the degrees M.C., C.M. (Hons.) Edinburgh,1894. Appointed a Major in September 1898. Died at Tonbridge Wells on 20 August 1904. With some copied research.
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The Abyssinia Medal awarded to Staff Surgeon William Deeble, Medical Staff, who died in Abyssinia, 20 April 1868 ABYSSINIA 1867 (Staff Surgn. Major W. Deeble, Medl. Staff) engraved correction to initial, suspension refitted, otherwise very fine
£350-400
William Deeble was born in Cork on 1 August 1823. He was appointed an Assistant Surgeon with the 56th Foot on 27 October 1846; Surgeon of the 56th Foot in January 1855 and Surgeon-Major of same regiment in October 1866. Appointed to the Medical Staff on 1 February 1867. Serving in the Abyssinian campaign, Deeble was responsible for starting the field hospital at Senafé Pass, after which he went to the front, where he died at the Field Hospital on Talanta Plain just after the capture of Magdala, 20 April 1868. It is recorded in The Lancet, May 1868 that ‘he was seized with dysentery when worn out with fatigue by a march of 200 miles to join the 1st Brigade.’
Dr Deeble’s widow, Mrs J. C. Deeble, was Lady Superintendent of Nurses at the Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, November 1869- November 1889, and was decorated with the Royal Red Cross on 24 May 1883. Her medals, including the Zulu War Medal, were sold at Sotheby’s in November 1984 as part of the collection of Nursing Medals formed by the late Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris, R.N. Their son became Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel of the 1st Life Guards. With a folder of copied research.
351 ABYSSINIA 1867 (Asst. Surgn.G. A. Maconachie, M.B., Bombay M. Dept.) suspension refitted, good very fine £300-350
George Archibald MacOnachie was born on 7 September 1843. He qualified as a M.B. C.M. 1866 and M.D. 1872. Appointed an Assistant Surgeon on 1 April 1867; Surgeon in April 1873, Surgeon Major in April 1879; M.R.C.P. Lond. 1887 and Brigade Surgeon in May 1890. MacOnachie retired in June 1897 and was appointed a Lecturer on Tropical Diseases at Aberdeen University in 1899. He died in Aberdeen on 25 June 1909.
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