Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant N. G. Ford, Royal Marine Artillery

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Ns. G. Ford, Qr. Mr. Sergt., R.M.A. 21 Yrs.) minor contact marks, very fine and better (2) £400-500

Nicholas Goss Ford, a Mason by occupation, from Hobeton, Plymouth, enlisted at Plymouth on 29 November 1851, aged 20 years, 9 months. During the Baltic campaign he served as a Private in H.M.S. Hogue. He transferred to the Artillery Companies on 13 January 1855. He was discharged in February 1872 and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal with a gratuity of £10.