The Collection of Medals awarded to the Medical services formed by the late Tony Sabell - Part I
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KING’S SOUTH AFRICA 1901-02, 2 clasps (Bearer C. Banks, Imp. Bearer Corps) good very fine £50-70
A scarce China Medal 1900 awarded to Nurse L. Mills, Naval Depot, Wei-Hai-Wei
CHINA 1900, no clasp (Miss L. Mills, Nurse, Nl. Depot. Wei-Hai-Wei) extremely fine
£500-600
‘It is of interest to learn that the British authorities in China have applied to the Sisters of the Community, St. Peter’s, Kilburn, who are engaged in hospital work at Seoul, Corea, in connection with Bishop Corfe’s Mission, for help in nursing the British sick and wounded, and that three trained nurses, working in connection with the Mission have responded to the appeal and have proceeded to Wei Hai Wei. They are Miss Cameron, Miss Mills and Miss Unwin.’ (ref. British Journal of Nursing, issue of 13 October 1900, page 296). One of 14 medals awarded to Nurses at the Wei-Hai-Wei Hospital. With some copied research.
397
Pair: Surgeon John Kay, Royal Navy, latterly Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (John Kay, Surgn.); ST. JEAN D’ACRE 1840, silver, unnamed, plugged, fitted with a ‘stirrup’ suspension, both with silver buckles, second with some contact marks, very fine and better (2)
£800-1000
John Kay, appointed an Assistant Surgeon, Royal Navy in May 1811; promoted to Surgeon in December 1825. Served aboard H.M.S. Princess Charlotte during the operations on and off the coast of Syria, 1840. Appointed Deputy Inspector of Hospitals and Fleets in January 1842. Retiring from the Royal Navy in 1846, Surgeon Kay died at his home at Elliott Place, Newtown, Gosport, Hampshire on 1 October 1875. With copied research.
398
Pair: Surgeon William Mitchelson, Indian Army
ARMY OF INDIA 1799-1826, 2 clasps, Ava, Bhurtpoor (Asst. Surgn. Wm. Mitchelson, Field Hospital) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming; PUNNIAR STAR 1843 (Surgeon William Mitchelson, 11th Regt. Light Cavalry) original brass hook suspension, minor edge bruising, nearly extremely fine, scarce (2)
£2200-2600
William Mitchelson became a M.R.C.S. in 1817. Appointed an Officiating Assistant Surgeon on 8 April 1819; was struck off on 30 September 1820 and was relieved of his duties and discharged on 16 October 1820. Re-appointed as an Assistant Surgeon in January 1821, he served in the Ava and Bhurtpoor campaigns. Advanced to Surgeon in December 1832. Served as such with the 11th Light Cavalry at the battle of Punniar, 29 December 1843. Was elected a F. R.C.S. in the original list of 1844. Mitchelson retired on 1 January 1846 and died on 25 May 1866.
Approximately 13 Army of India Medals were awarded with ‘Ava/Bhurtpoor’ clasp combination.
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Three: Apothecary Thomas Murphy, 61st Regiment
CABUL 1842 (Ast. Steward Thomas Murphy, H.M. 3rd Light Dragoons) steel clip and replacement straight bar suspension, engraved naming; SUTLEJ 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, 1 clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Hospl. Steward T. Murphy); INDIA MUTINY 1857-59, 1 clasp, Delhi (Apothy. Thos. Murphy, 61st Regt.) good very fine (3)
£900-1200
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