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Auction: 12002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 505

China 1842 (Major F. Whittingham, C.B. 26th Reg. Foot, A.D.C.), minor edge bruising, polished, therefore good fine Estimate £ 800-1,200 C.B. London Gazette 27.12.1842 Major Ferdinand Whittingham, of the 26th Foot. Major-General Ferdinand Whittingham, C.B., Commissioned Ensign, 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot, November 1832; promoted Lieutenant, 7th (Royal Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot, February 1836; transferred to the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, December 1837; Captain, 80th (Staffordshire Volunteers) Regiment of Foot, April 1841; transferred to the 26th (Cameronian) Regiment of Foot, May 1841; served as Aide-de-Camp to Sir Hugh Gough throughout the operations in China, 1842, and was present at Segoan, Chapoo, Woosung, Shanghae, and Chin Kiang Foo (C.B. and Brevet Major); Major, October 1847; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel, June 1854; Brevet Colonel, October 1858; retired with the honorary rank of Major-General, April 1865.

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