Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 162
Three: Yeoman Signaller G.M. Webb, Royal Navy
Baltic 1854, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, one clasp, Taku Forts 1860, with tops lugs, unnamed as issued; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (G.M. Webb, Signaln., H.M.S. Druid, 73-74), light contact marks, very fine or better (3)
Yeoman Signaller George Mellish Webb, born Dartford, Kent, November 1835; enlisted in the Royal Navy, July 1854; served in H.M.S. Pembroke, March 1855 to June 1856, and present during operations in the Baltic; served in H.M.S. Chesapeake, June 1857 to October 1861, and present during operations on and off the coast of China (received War bounty of £5); advanced Signalman, and served in H.M.S. Druid, January 1873 to May 1874; promoted Yeoman Signaller, July 1875; shore pensioned, February 1876.
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