Single Campaign Medals 488 489 Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (J. Leigh, Engr., R.N., H.M.S. Active, 73-74) edge nicks, good very fine Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Surgeon, F. R. Wilson, 1873-4.) nearly extremely fine £240-£280 £300-£400
Frederick Robert Wilson was born in Dublin on 20 November 1835 and was commissioned Surgeon in the Army Medical Department on 1 October 1860. He served at the Gold Coast during the Ashantee War 1873-74 in charge of the General Hospital at Connor’s Hill (Medal), and was promoted Surgeon Major on 1 July 1875. He retired with the honorary rank of Brigadier on 17 April 1881, and died in Perth on 9 January 1892.
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Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (S. Banks, A.B. H.M.S. Rattlesnake 73-74) nearly extremely fine Not entitled to clasp for Coomassie. Medal sent to H.M.S. President on 18 September 1875.
£140-£180
Samuel Banks was born in the Parish of St Bride’s, London, on 10 May 1849, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in Fisgard on 14 March 1864. He moved to Malacca in August 1864, was advanced to Boy 1st Class in January 1866, and to Ordinary Seaman in May 1867. He advanced to Able Seaman in July 1869 and moved to Penelope in September 1869, and to Rattlesnake in October 1870. Whilst he was in her, on 7 July 1872, he was sent to the Breakwater Gaol at Cape Town for 42 days’ imprisonment under the Naval Discipline Act, returning to the ship on 18 August, and remaining in her until 25 March 1874, during which period the ship was involved in the Ashantee campaign. After Rattlesnake he continued as an Able Seaman in several ships and Naval Barracks until advanced to Leading Seaman in August 1876 whilst in Favourite. He joined Lord Warden on 21 December 1876, but his record of service peters out on 1 January 1877, when he received a second Good Conduct Badge.
x491 x492 x493 x494 x495 x496 x497 x498 x499 500 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (6268. Gunr. J. Martin E/3. Bde. R.A.) minor edge bruising, good very fine £80-£120 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (5203. Dr. W. Butler, G/4th. R.A.) about extremely fine Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (700. Gunr. M. Rowan. 11/9th Bde. R.A.) toned, good very fine Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (3753. Gr. P. Willis. 6/11 R.A.) extremely fine £80-£120 £80-£100 £70-£90 Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (914. Pte. W. R. Strafford. 63rd. Regt.) edge bruising, worn in parts, good fine £70-£90 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (2380, Bugr. G. Wade, 51st. Regt.) edge nick, nearly extremely fine £180-£220
Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (1877 Pte. A. Denman. 4th... Rifle Bde.) unit partially erased; together with a copy Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880, unnamed, traces of restoration work to first, nearly very fine (2)
£60-£80 Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Peiwar Kotal (774. Pte. J. Smith. 2/8th. Regt.) edge nicks, good very fine £180-£220
Afghanistan 1878-80, 2 clasps, Charasia, Kabul (6779. Gr. W Bennett. G/3rd. R.A.) scratches to both obverse and reverse fields, minor edge bruising, very fine
£140-£180
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (J. Wilson. M.A. M.D. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Hecla.”) good very fine
£240-£280 Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, September 1994.
John Wilson was educated at Queen’s College, Belfast, where he graduated as M.A. in 1869 with 1st class honours. He also received the University Gold Medal and in 1871 he became M.D., Royal University of Ireland, and in the same year L.R.C.S., Edinburgh. He was appointed Surgeon in the Royal Navy in April 1873, and in June 1882 was appointed Surgeon of H.M.S. Hecla, a screw torpedo Depot ship in the Mediterranean. On this ship he served for some nine months during which period he took part in the Egyptian War, and was present at the bombardment of Alexandria and subsequent operations there, and in the Suez Canal during the occupation.
Despite several appointments at sea, Wilson saw no further war service and in January 1894, as Fleet Surgeon, was appointed in charge of the Royal Hospital at Yarmouth where he served for three years. He died on 23 January 1897.
Sold with full service details. x501 x502 x503
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1463, Pte. W. Ellis, 1/R. Hrs.) light pitting from star, otherwise very fine
£100-£140
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (6420 Driv: H. Sunderland. J/3. Bde. R.A.) very fine
£200-£240
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (550. Pte. W. Hatch. Cam’n Highrs.) nearly extremely fine
£100-£140
William Hatch attested for the Cameron Highlanders in May 1883, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan during the Nile Expedition. He died on 27 March 1885.
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