Four: Sick Berth Attendant Charles Bradshaw, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 2 clasps, Sebastopol, Azoff (C. Bradshaw, Royal Navy) engraved naming; Abyssinia 1867 (C. Bradshaw Sick Bth. Attt. H.M.S. Spiteful) suspension detached from ring; Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (C. Bradshaw, Sk. Bth. Attdt. H.M.S. Encounter); Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, very fine or better (4) £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Ashantee War 1873-74.

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Charles Bradshaw was born in Bethnal Green, Middlesex, on 3 March 1837. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class on 15 June 1854 aboard H.M.S. Swallow, in which ship he took part in the operations at Sebastopol and in the Sea of Azoff. He became a Sick Berth Attendant in April 1859 and next saw active service aboard H.M.S. Spiteful in the Abyssinian expedition of 1867. In the following year Spiteful took part in operations in the Arabian Gulf, including the capture and destruction of six pirate vessels and the rescue of some 200 slaves. He was present during the Ashantee war of 1873 as a Sick Berth Attendant aboard H.M.S. Encounter, which ship took part in the transportation of troops and friendly natives and also the bombardment of a village at Alboaddi Point. Sold with copied Continuous Service papers.