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Four: Boy J. Sixsmith, Royal Navy


Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (John Sixsmith.); Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (John Sixsmith), contemporarily engraved naming; St. Jean d’Acre 1840, bronze, unnamed as issued, fitted with later rings for suspension; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, fitted with a BWM-style fixed suspension, contact marks and occasional edge bruising, good fine (4)


£700-£900


John Sixsmith was born in Portsmouth on 18 May 1825, serving as a Boy in H.M.S. Thunderer during the operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840. He remained in naval service until 30 November 1875, when he was pensioned from H.M.S. Vanguard (Coast Guard).


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Five: Botswain 3rd Class C. Clarke, Royal Navy


China 1842 (Chas. Clarke, Boatswain, H.M.S. Hazard); New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (C. Clarke. Boatswn., H.M.S. Hazard); Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (C. Clark. Boatsn. H.M.S. Prss. Royal) contemporarily engraved naming; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, pierced with ring suspension, suspension soldered on Baltic Medal, otherwise nearly extremely fine (5)


£1,800-£2,200 Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996


112 China medals issued to this ship which also carried 20 R.M. officers and men. 23 of these men also served in Hazard during the operations in New Zealand in 1845-46, for which the ship received a total of 35 medals. This is one of four recorded pairs known to have survived to this ship.


Charles Clarke was born in Portsmouth and commenced his service life as a Boy 3rd Class in April 1823, aged 14 years. After serving full commissions aboard H.M.S. Ferret and Royal George, during which he rose swiftly to Petty Officer rank, he received promotion to Boatswain 3rd Class in November 1840, followed immediately by the long commission in Hazard from October 1841 to May 1847. He was pensioned on 7 December 1865, having accumulated 38 years of adult service time.


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