CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 109
Pair: Armourer Sergeant John Bates, 93rd Highlanders
INDIAN MUTINY 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (Armr. Sergt. J. Bates, 93rd Highlanders); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (3893 Armr Sergt. J. Bates H.M. 93rd Highrs.) suspension claw tightened on first, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)
£600-800
John Bates was born in the Parish of Whitechapel, London, and attested for the 93rd Highlanders at Westminster on 9 April 1856, aged 21, a gun smith by trade. He served in the rank of Armourer Sergeant throughout his two periods of limited engagement, including one year 6 months at Gibraltar, and twelve years 9 months in the East Indies, followed by another 70 days at Gibraltar prior to his discharge on 17 August 1880. He was then ‘in possession of the Indian Mutiny Medal and 2 clasps, the Indian North West Frontier Medal and 1 clasp, and the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct. His conduct was ‘very good’, his name was never entered in the Regimental Defaulters Book; never tried by Court Martial; never wounded.
Sold with copied discharge papers and medal roll entries.
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Pair: Commissioned Boatman W. Epsley, Royal Navy
ASHANTEE 1873-74, no clasp (W. Epsley, Ship’s Cook. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Willm. Epsley. Comd. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard) minor edge nicks, good very fine (2)
£280-320
William Epsley was born in Deal, Kent, on 11 July 1839, and joined the Royal Navy on 17 January 1856 as a Boy 2nd Class. Advanced Seaman Gunner 1st Class on 1 September 1862, he was posted to H.M.S. Pylades on 4 December of that year. Shore demobilised when his time expired on 4 September 1867, he signed on again from the Reserve on 2 September 1870, and joined H.M.S. Rattlesnake as a Leading Seaman. Promoted 2nd Captain of the Quarter Deck on 25 October, he was advanced to Acting Ship’s Cook on 16 February 1871, receiving the full rate on 1 April of that year. He served in Rattlesnake during the operations on and off the Gold Coast, before returning to England on 25 March 1874. Posted to the Naval Barracks at Sheerness as a Petty Officer 2nd Class, he served as a Boatman with the Queensborough Coast Guard, and was promoted Commissioned Boatman at Scrapegate Coast Guard Station on 25 January 1879. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 January 1881, shortly before being pensioned off on 23 June 1881. He died in Woolwich in March 1925.
Note: Epsley is listed on the Roll under H.M.S. Pylades for the Canada General Service Medal 1866-70 with clasp Fenian Raid 1866, but there is no (M) beside his name, so it is unlikely that he received the medal. He is not listed in the latest published transcript of recipients.
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Pair: Private G. Cameron, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (933. Pte. G. Cameron. 1/Cam’n. Highrs.); KHEDIVE’S STAR 1884-6, unnamed as issued, heavy pitting from Star, therefore fine, the Star better (2)
£160-200
George Cameron attested for the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders in July 1884, ‘and was drafted out to Egypt, where he took part in the Nile Expedition of 1884-85 and the operations in the Upper Nile, 1885-86. In July 1891 he transferred to the Army Reserve at Edinburgh Castle, and was called up in 1900 for the South African War, in which he saw a good deal of hard fighting. His decorations comprise the Egyptian medal with clasp for the Nile 1884-85; the Khedive’s Star; the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Orange Free State [and South Africa 1901]; and the Territorial Efficiency Medal. After his time expired in the Army, Sergeant Cameron joined the 4th Volunteer Battalion, The Royal Scots, now the 6th Battalion the Royal Scots. As a Territorial, Sergeant Cameron was a popular member of the Battalion and took a great interest in its welfare, being a ready worker in his company. He held various appointments in the “Sixth”, and assisted greatly in the working of the Sergeant’s mess. He leaves a widow and nine of a family to mourn his loss. Two sons are in his old regiment, the 79th Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders.’ (The recipient’s obituary, in The 79th News, January 1913 refers).
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