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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 611

Three: Petty Officer J. Butchers, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, no clasp (Jonas. Butchers, H.M.S. Bellerophon, 17th Octr. 1854.); Baltic 1854-55 (Jonas. Butchers, H.M.S. Hawke); Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, fitted with scroll suspension, contemporarily engraved naming, mounted for display in this order, very fine (3)

Jonas Butchers was born in July 1825 at Plymouth, Devon and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 11 October 1846. He joined the crew of Bellerophon in the summer of 1854, present for the Crimea operations (Medal - also entitled to the Sebabastopol clasp). During the Crimea, Bellerophon - affectionately known as 'Billy Ruffian' by her crew - suffered 5 killed in action and 23 wounded, a number of these in 'Bluejacket' actions. Returned to Plymouth, Butchers joined Hawke on 23 April 1855, serving in the Baltic operations (Medal). He retired from the Royal Navy on 8 December 1868, having served in no fewer than 11 vessels; sold with copied research and roll confirmation, this housed in a file.

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