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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 24

Army of India 1799-1826, short hyphen reverse die type, one clasp, Ava (Midshipman R.C. Mitchell.), officially impressed, Royal Mint, nearly extremely fine

Commander R. Charles Mitchell, educated at the Royal Naval College; Commissioned Midshipman, and served in H.M.S. Arachne, a Cruizer class sloop, 1824-26; 'employed during the whole period of the Burmese War, and was present at the storming and taking of Syriam Fort; at the night attack on the war boats, and the landing at and taking of a stockade under Lieutenant Kellett on the Panlang bank of the Irrawaddy River; at the taking of Thantabeen Stockades; at the taking and recapture of the ancient city of Pegu with a division of the Army' (Officer's service papers refers), and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 20.8.1825); subsequently served for two years as 2nd Lieutenant of H.M.S. Satellite in the East Indies, 1829-31; two years as Second Lieutenant of H.M.S. Challenger in the East Indies, China, the Pacific, and South America, 1831-33; three years at 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. Raleigh in the East Indies and China, 1835-38; three years as 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. Tyne in the Mediterranean, 1838-41; and one year at 1st Lieutenant of H.M. Steam Frigate Hydra in the West Indies, 1841-42 (received a letter of thanks from the Mayor of Kingston, Jamaica, when in charge of a party of seamen and marines for the suppression of riots in that city in December 1841); promoted Commander, 1843.

Approximately 25 Army of India Medals awarded to H.M.S. Arachne.

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