Campaign Groups and Pairs 759 Three: Private J. Burrs, Rifle Brigade
Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (John Burrs 3rd Bn. Pce. Cs. Rifle Brigade.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (1762 Pte. Burrs. 3 Bn. Rif. Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1762. Pte. J. Burrs, 3rd Rifle Bde.) contact marks, therefore generally nearly very fine or better (3)
£500-£600
John Burrs was born in Colchester, Essex, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at the town of his birth in November 1857. He served with the 3rd Battalion during the Indian Mutiny, and also in the North West Frontier expedition against the Mohmands from December 1863 - January 1864. Burrs was discharged, 13 February 1877, having served 19 years and 82 days (nearly 14 years of which were in the East Indies) with the Colours.
760 Pair: Petty Officer Matthew Hobbs, Royal Navy
China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (M. Hobbs. Py. Offr. 1. Cl: H.M.S. Merlin. 73 -74.) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2)
£280-320 62 Ashantee 1873-74 medals issued to H.M.S. Merlin.
Matthew Hobbs was born in the Parish of Menheniot, Cornwall, on 3 January 1839, and entered the Navy on his 14th birthday as a Boy 2nd class in H.M.S. Impregnable. In February 1854 he moved to Amphitrite and, in June 1854, this ship visited Grantley Harbour on the eastern side of Behring Strait and, in August 1854, Kotzebue Sound on the Arctic Circle to the north whilst supporting Plover, one of the ships searching for Sir John Franklin’s missing expedition. He thus had a small experience of the Arctic that Summer, but this did not qualify Amphitrite, or her people, for the First Arctic Medal. He transferred to Amethyst as Boy 1st class in June 1856 and was advanced to Ordinary Seaman the following month, qualifying for the Second China War medal in this rate. He was advanced to Able Seaman in in October 1858 and served in various ships, becoming Captain of the Focsle and later Captain’s Coxswain, before joining Merlin as Boatswain’s Mate in December 1872, serving in this ship during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74. He transferred to Royal Adelaide in May 1876, and to Impregnable in June 1876 until 14 March 1877, when it seems that he was ‘time expired for pension’ with exemplary conduct. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 7 August 1875.
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Three: Sergeant R. Thompson, Rifle Brigade
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (No. 402 Pte. R. Thompson. Rifle Bde.) Canadian style impressed naming; Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (2530. Sergt. R. Thompson. 4th Bn. Rifle Bde.); Army L.S. & G.C., V. R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2530. Sgt. R. Thompson. 4th Bn. Rifle Bde.) contact marks overall, especially to 2nd, therefore generally nearly very fine, scarce combination (3)
£500-600
Right Thompson was born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, and attested for 17th Foot in March 1860. He transferred to the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade later the same year. Thompson sailed to Canada in December 1861, and proceeded to serve there, as well as getting married, over the course of the following 9 years.
Having advanced to Corporal, Thompson transferred to the 4th Battalion for service in India from October 1873. He advanced to Sergeant in July 1875, and served with the Battalion during the Second Afghan War. Thompson was discharged, 10 January 1882, having served 21 years and 35 days with the Colours.
762 Three: Sailmaker’s Mate Frederick Miles, Royal Navy
Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailmrs. Crew. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailrs. Mte. H.M.S. “Humber”); Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3)
£300-360
Frederick Miles was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, on 5 November 1844, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd class on 24 September 1861. After service in Black Prince and Bellerophon, and advancement through the rates to become an Able Seaman, he joined Rattlesnake in October 1870 and on 13 December joined the Sailmaker’s Crew, serving on the Gold Coast during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74. He joined Pembroke in March 1874 and was advanced to Sailmaker’s Mate on 1 April 1874, serving aboard various ships until he joined Humber in June 1882 for service during the Egyptian war. He joined his last ship, Duke of Wellington in October 1882 before retirement to pension on 6 November 1882, when he was 38 years old. His conduct was almost always exemplary but there is nothing to show that he received a L.S. & G.C. medal.
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