Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Pair: Battery Sergeant-Major J. Cockburn, Royal Artillery

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (285 Cpl., R.A.) engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (B.S. Mjr., R.A.) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine (2) £350-400

Ex D.N.W. 4 July 2001.

John Cockburn was born in Swinton, Berwickshire. A Groom by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Dunse, Berwick on 10 February 1859, aged 18 years. He served 51 days in Newfoundland; over 5 years in Canada and several years in Gibraltar and Malta. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal with a gratuity of £5. He was discharged at the termination of his second period of engagement at Shoeburyness, 7 May 1880. Battery Sergeant-Major Cockburn was awarded the M.S.M. with an annuity of £10 on 7 August 1914.

With copied service papers and census extracts.