India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (W. J. G. McCloud: Ord: H.M.S. “Charybdis.”) good very fine £220-£260

William John George McCloud was born in Portsea, Hampshire, on 1 January 1856, the son John McCloud (a shipwright) and his wife Caroline, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class on 1 January 1873. He served on various vessels including the Corvette H.M.S. Charybdis from 7 December 1873 to 8 May 1877, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 20 August 1883. He was shore pensioned on 9 January 1894, and died in Portland, Dorset, on 20 January 1900.

Sold with typed transcript of the recipient’s service papers.