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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 118

Sold by Order of the Family

The camapign group of three attributed to Chaplain E. M. Johnstone, Royal Navy, a long-serving Chaplain and Naval Instructor aboard H.M.S. Britannia

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, neat pawnbroker's mark to obverse; Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian die, pierced with dual ring suspension, housed behind glass in an antique wooden frame fitted with a white metal name plaque, polished, contact marks, about very fine and better (3)

Edward Martin Johnstone was born in Scotland in August 1827. At some stage he joined the Royal Navy, with whom he would serve for most of his life as both a Chaplain and Naval Instructor. He was married to Elizabeth Packenham at St. Mary's Church, Dublin on 25 January 1859.

According to an 1868 newspaper article, Reverend Johnstone lived in Falmouth and was Chaplain of H.M.S. Ganges. Census records reveal that the Reverend was serving as Chaplain and Naval Instructor with H.M.S. Forte in 1871. He was attached to H.M.S. Britannia for a great many years, at which time he resided in Dartmouth.

On 10 March 1882, he resigned from his commission with Britannia owing to ill-health. Reverend Johnstone died on 20 January 1889 at the age of 61 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, where had been residing, and was buried locally in the Highland Road Cemetery. His eldest son, Hope Johnstone, was a Captain in the Royal Artillery; sold together with copied research, including newspaper articles.

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160