Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1864 to 1866 (Asst. Surgn. O. Codrington, 68th Lt. Inftry.), officially re-impressed naming, minor edge bruise, good very fine £300-350

Oliver Codrington was born in Wroughton, Swindon, on 5 May 1837, the sixth son of the Rev. Thomas Codrington, Vicar of Wroughton and his wife Elizabeth Jemima. Qualifying as a M.D., he was appointed an Assistant Surgeon to the Staff in February 1864 and with the 68th Foot in October 1865, returning to the Staff in January 1873. He was advanced to Surgeon-Major in January 1875 and Brigade Surgeon in August 1885. Codrington was placed on Retired Pay with the honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon-General in March 1886; sold with brief research and a copy of Brian Kieran’s The New Zealand Cross.