Single Campaign Medals 537
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 to 1861 (Richd. H Griffin, A.B., H.M.S. Pelorus) nearly extremely fine £500-£600
Richard Henry Griffin was born at Devonport, Devon, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. St George in June 1852. He joined Queen in March 1853, was advanced to Boy 1st Class on 29 January 1855, and in this ship earned the Crimea medal with Sebastopol clasp. He next joined Exmouth as Ordinary Seaman in August 1856, and Pelorus as Able Seaman in July 1857, earning the New Zealand medal in this ship during the campaigns of 1860 and 1861. He left Pelorus for Indus in December 1862, moved to Orontes in May 1863, joined Argus in October 1865 as Quarter Master, then to Implacable in December 1869, and finally to Reindeer from July 1871 to June 1872 when he was discharged to shore.
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New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1860 to 1866 (1302 Sergt. Saml. Spence, 1st Bn. 12th Regt.) officially impressed naming, nearly very fine
£360-£400
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1863 to 1866 (2392 Wm. Richies, 57th Regt.) officially impressed naming, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£300-£360
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1866 (389 Thos. H. Owen, 4th Battn. Mility. Trn.) officially impressed naming, fitted with silver ribbon buckle, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine
£300-£360
Roll confirms for ‘1863-4 Ranganui, Wairu, Orakau.’ New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated but privately engraved ‘1862 & 64’ (562 J. Redding. 40th Rgt.) contemporary
re-engraved naming, suspension claw cracked, otherwise very fine 542 543 £100-£140
New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated but privately engraved ‘Hony. Services from 1864 to 1868’ (Captn. M. S. Moss. M.S. No. 2 Gurl. Troop.) contemporary re-engraved naming, very fine
£140-£180
Commissariat Staff Corps. New Zealand 1845-66, reverse undated (451 Abram. Hancox. C.S. Corps) officially impressed naming, brooch marks
to the reverse, fitted with replacement copy suspension, good fine 544 £200-£260
Transferred to the 3rd Light Dragoons on 31 March 1849. Roll confirms single clasp. Punjab 1848-49, 1 clasp, Goojerat (S. Frost, 9th Lancers.) naming rubbed over unit, otherwise better than good fine
545 with suspension re-affixed, better than good fine £200-£260
G. F. Messer entitled to ‘Chilianwala’ and ‘Goojerat’ clasps. Punjab 1848-49, 2 clasps, Mooltan, Chilianwala (Geo. Frk. Messer. 14th Lt. D...) traces of brooch mounting to obverse
£140-£180 546
Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Qr. Mr. J. Leahy. 4th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, light scratches to rank, generally very fine and a scarce casualty to the Regiment
£240-£280 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2011.
John Leahy attested for the 4th Regiment of Foot on 23 January 1839 and was appointed Probationary Orderly Room Clerk (with the rank of Sergeant) on 26 July 1840. He was promoted Quartermaster Sergeant on 8 November 1848, and was commissioned as Quartermaster of his regiment on 9 December 1849, having received a glowing testimonial from the Regimental Commanding Officer.
The 4th Foot landed at Old Fort, Calamita Bay, in the Crimea on 14 September 1854. Four days later the Cholera that had been raging through the invading army took the life of Quartermaster Leahy, the first of only three officers of the regiment to lose their lives in the Crimea. He is buried by Lake Tuzla, north of the river Alma. His widow was granted a pension of £36.
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