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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 271

(x) Pair: Rifleman J. Scott, 60th Royal Rifles

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Josh. Scott, 2nd Batn. 60th Ryl. Rifles); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Josh. Scott, 2nd Bn. 60th Rl. Rifles), both with repaired and re-affixed suspension claws, heavy contact marks and edge bruising, with partial loss of naming details, fine (2)



Joseph Scott enlisted in the 2/60th Royal Rifles in London in January 1855 and was embarked for South Africa later in the same year. In April 1858, the Battalion was ordered to India, where it joined Lieutenant-Colonel Walter's force at Arrah and was regularly engaged in operations in Shahabad District (Medal). Then in February 1860 it was ordered to China, where it joined Brigadier Sutton's 2nd Brigade, 1st Division. Scott was subsequently present at the capture of the Taku Forts and at the relief of Pekin (Medal & 2 clasps). He returned to the U.K. in February 1862 and was discharged at Aldershot in January 1865.

Presumably not content with civilian life, he re-enlisted in the 4/60th Royal Rifles at the end of 1865 and was quickly embarked for Canada. He was subsequently present in the Fenian Raid operations of 1866 and, had he lived until 1900, he could have applied for the Medal & clasp.

Back home, Scott was promoted to Corporal in January 1873 and to Sergeant in March 1874, in which latter month he transferred to the Permanent Staff of the 3rd West Middlesex Militia. He was discharged in May 1882 and died in Kensington, London in 1895; above details courtesy of the Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Winchester.


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