Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Leading Seaman P. Hendy, Royal Navy

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed, clasp loose on ribbon; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (A.B. Seaman P. Hendy, Royal Navy) officially impressed naming, edge bruising, very fine and better (4) £1000-1200

Philip Hendy was born in Callington, Cornwall in June 1835. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on H.M.S. Impregnable on 22 April 1850. He served on H.M.S. Vengeance, July 1851-April 1855, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in November 1853 and Ordinary Seaman in April 1855. He next served on H.M.S. Hastings, April 1855-May 1856 and then as an Able Seaman on H.M.S. Esk, June 1856-June 1861. Service on H.M. Ships Pantaloon and Indus followed, before service on H.M.S. Aurora, November 1863-June 1866, being advanced to Leading Seaman in July 1864. Hendy was discharged to shore as medically unfit in April 1894. With copied service papers and roll extract.

Rolls confirm Crimea aboard Vengeance (sent to Hastings) and Baltic aboard Hastings (sent to Esk). Canton 1857 confirmed aboard Esk.