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Six: Colour-Sergeant Henry Randoll, 2nd Foot, later Yeoman of the Guard
Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed; South Africa 1834-53 (Serjt. H. Randal. 2nd Regt.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860, unnamed; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., small letter reverse (2191 Color Serjt. Henry Randell 1st Battn. 2nd Foot); Meritorious Service Medal,
E.VII.R. (Clr. Serjt. H. Randoll. 1/2nd Foot.) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better (6)
£700-£900
Henry Randoll was born at Broadchalk, Salisbury, Wiltshire, and attested for the 2nd Regiment at Winchester on 25 May 1846, aged 17, a servant by trade. He served overseas at the Cape of Good Hope for 8 years 6 months and in China for 7 months. The regiment embarked from Ireland to the Cape of Good Hope in June 1851, on board the ill-fated Birkenhead, the Cyclops and the Sumner. The 2nd Foot formed part of the expedition against Kreli in January 1852, and stayed at the Cape until embarking for China in 1860. His L.S. & G.C. medal was awarded in 1866 and he was discharged to pension in June 1868.
Randoll was appointed a Yeoman of the Guard on 24 November 1878, and was present at the inspections by the Crown Prince of Sweden in June 1879, and by Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley in June 1880. In 1891 he was present at the inspection by Kaisar Wilhelm. By 1901 he was a Sergeant-Major in the Fourth Division and he was awarded the M.S.M. on 1 May 1907, without annuity, as a Sergeant-Major Yeoman. He died on 25 January 1910, when he had a total combined service in uniform of 53 years and three months.
Note: The China medal would have originally been issued with impressed naming and when the group was formerly in the George Moss Collection it was described as having a bronze Jubilee 1887 with 1897 clasp. It is probable, therefore, that these two medals have been added to the group at some point.
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Three: Captain G. J. Hirtzel, Royal Navy, who enjoyed a nearly 40 year career, during which he assisted at the capture of 29 slave dhows in the Persian Gulf
Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Staff Comdr. G. J. Hirtzel, R.N. H.M.S. “Monarch”) suspension claw re-fixed; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, generally nearly extremely fine (3)
£300-£400 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 2000 (when Egypt Medal offered as a single)
George John Hirtzel entered the Royal Navy in August 1854, becoming Navigating Sub-Lieutenant, October 1860; Navigating Lieutenant, July 1865; Staff Commander, February 1877; Staff Captain, November 1891. He served in Hannibal during the Crimean War and was present at the capture of Sebastopol, Kertch and Kinburn (Crimean and Turkish Medals, Sebastopol clasp); served in Nymphe during the Abyssinain War (Abyssinian Medal); also in Nymphe blockading Bahrein, and at the attack on Maherag Fort during an expedition up the Persian Gulf, 1869-70; whilst in Nymphe assisted at the capture of 29 slave dhows; Staff Commander of Monarch at the bombardment of Alexandria, 11th July, 1882, and during Egyptian War (Egyptian Medal, Alexandria clasp, Khedive’s Bronze Star). Captain Hirtzel was placed on the Retired List on 5 February 1892.
Note: Another Egypt Medal to this man is know to exist, in a group comprising Crimea, Abyssinia, Egypt and Sudan, Turkish Crimea, and Khedive’s Star; as there is no evidence that Hirtzel is entitled to the Baltic Medal it would appear that the Egypt and Sudan Medal in this group is most likely a duplicate issue.
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