Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private John Haverfield, Royal Marine Light Infantry

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension ((Jn. Haverfield, Pte., 23 Co. R.M.L.I. 21 Yrs.) extremely fine £400-450

John Haverfield was born in Walton, Glastonbury on 27 November 1832. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Royal Marines at Glastonbury on 27 January 1850, aged 19 years, 2 months. He saw active service in the Second China War with the Royal Marine Battalion, and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal with gratuity in 1873. Sold with a quantity of copied service papers and research.