Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Chief Petty Officer William Newcombe, Royal Navy, who was wounded in the action at Langfang on 19 June 1900

China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (W. E. Newcombe, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Barfleur); 1914-15 Star (155132 W. Newcmbe, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (155132 William Newcombe, C.P.O., H.M.S. Terror) contact marks and polished, therefore good fine or better (5) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine collection of awards for the Boxer Rebellion 1900.

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272 medals issued with Relief of Pekin clasp to this ship.

William Newcombe was born at St Pancras, London, on 6 March 1875, and was a fishmonger by trade when he enlisted for the Royal Navy on 22 May 1890.. He joined Barfleur in January 1897 and served in China as a Petty Officer 1st Class, being wounded by a gun shot to the right leg at Langfang on 19 June 1900. He received his L.S. & G.C. medal in March 1908 and served during the Great War as C.P.O. aboard H.M.S. Indomitable until November 1916, including the action at Jutland. Newcombe was discharged from the Navy on 2 February 1919. Sold with copied record of service.