The Perak campaign medal to Stoker J. H. Edwards, Royal Navy, H.M.S. Hart

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (J. H. Edwards, Stoker H.M.S. “Hart”) very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals.

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74 clasps to this ship, scarcest of the series.

James Henry Edwards was born in Penzance, Cornwall, on 24 February 1845. A mason by trade he joined the Royal Navy as a stoker on 21 February 1871. He served aboard H.M.S. Hart from January 1874 until May 1877, during which period he took part in the Perak operations on the Malay Peninsula. He volunteered for a further 10 years Continuous Service in February 1881, and was finally ‘shore pensioned’ on 9 March 1891.

Refs: ADM 139/999; ADM 188/10,83.