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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 335

China 1842 (W.T.F. Jackson, Midshipmn H.M.S. Wellesley.), remnants of lacquer, very fine, with later silver clip and straight bar suspension Estimate £ 600-800 Commander William Travers Forbes Jackson served as Midshipman in the Wellesley and the Blenheim during the operations on and off the coast of China, and served on shore at the capture of Amoy (Mentioned in Rear Admiral W. Parker´s Despatch London Gazette 14.1.1842) and landed with the right Column under the command of Captain Herbert, with Captain Bourchier commanding the Battalion of Seamen present, at Chinghae, 10.10.1841 (Mentioned in Rear Admiral W. Parker´s Despatch London Gazette 1842, p396); passed his examination in October 1842, and served for the following two and half years as Mate in H.M.s Ships Camperdown (flag-ship of Sir Edward Brace) and Inconstant (Captain C.H. Freemantle) on the Home and Mediterranean stations; Lieutenant 15.1.1846, and served from that month as Additional-Lieutenant in H.M.S. Hibernia (flag-ship of Sir William Parker); Commander 31.1.1861.

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