Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Major J. W. I. Stockwell, 95th Foot

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Lt. J. W. J. Stockwell 95th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming; Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Central India, naming erased; Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidieh, Fifth Class breast badge, silver, gold appliqué, and enamel, unmarked, some red enamel damage, and the star and crescent suspension broken and crudely re-affixed; Turkish Crimea, Sardinian issue (Lt. J. W. J. Stockwell 95th. Regt.) contemporarily engraved naming, fitted with a small ring suspension, all with contemporary top silver riband buckles; together with the recipient’s related reduced sized Continental-style miniature awards, the clasp on the Indian Mutiny medal reading Sebastopol rather than Central India; and a portrait miniature of the recipient housed in a silver glazed oval frame and suspended for wear with elaborate to brooch bar, the Mutiny medal with contact marks and worn in parts, therefore fine, the rest very fine (4) £500-£700

John William Inglis Stockwell was educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and was commissioned Ensign in the 95th Foot on 11 August 1854. He was promoted Lieutenant on 8 December of that year, and served with the Regiment during the Crimean War where he was present at the siege and fall of Sebastopol from 18 January 1855. For his services in the Crimea he was awarded the Fifth Class of the Turkish Order of the Medjidieh (London Gazette 2 March 1858).

Promoted Captain on 29 May 1857, Stockwell served in India during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was present at the siege and capture of Awah and Kotah, the battle of Kora Ka Seria, the general actions at the capture of Gwalior, and the capture of Pourie (Medal with clasp for Central India). He was appointed Brevet Major on 5 July 1872, and was confirmed in that rank on 1 April 1873.

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For the medals awarded to the the recipient’s grandsons, Captain R. G. Cordiner and Squadron Leader H. G. Cordiner, see lot 41.