Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857 (Alexr. Ross. 59th. Regt.) officially impressed naming, struck on a slightly thinner flan, very fine £160-200

Alexander Ross was born in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, in 1836. He attested for the 59th Regiment at Farnham, Surrey on 19 January 1856, having previously served in the Antrim Rifles. He served with the Regiment in the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon and the East Indies. He suffered an injury to the right eye caused by a splinter of lead when on duty at a rifle range in the East Indies, 16 January 1873. As a result of this injury he was discharged on 28 January 1874, being found unfit for further service. At the time of his discharge he was in possession of four good conduct badges in addition to the above medal.