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Auction: 6025 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 264

Four: Captain G.W. Towsey, Royal Navy Naval General Service 1793-1840, one clasp, Syria (G.W. Towsey, Mate.); Crimea 1854-56, one clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued; St John d´Acre Medal, silver, pierced as issued with straight silver bar suspension; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian die, pierced as issued, with straight silver bar suspension, good very fine (4) Estimate £ 1,300-1,500Captain George William Towsey, R.N., born 1820; entered the Royal Navy as Mate 1840; served in H.M.S. Daphne during operations on and off the coast of Syria 1840; Lieutenant 1846; served in H.M.S. Terrible during the bombardment of Sebastopol Harbour 17.10.1854; Commander, H.M.S. Rodney 1855; Captain 1866; served as Coast Guard; retired 1870. See Lot 240 for Brigadier-General F.W. Towsey´s Medals

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