Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Engineering Room Artificer H. McKenzie, Royal Navy

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (H. McKenzie, Actg E.R.A. H.M.S. Woodlark.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (H. McKenzie, Ch. E.R.A. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Imperieuse.), good very fine (2) £240-£280

H.M.S. Woodlark was the only British ship at Rangoon in October 1885 when the troubles in Burma began. Men from the ship and others formed a Naval Brigade under the command of Captain Clutterbuck which, on 25 November 1885, marched to and took over King Thebaw’s royal palace.