Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ord. Seaman J. Z. Ford, H.M.S. Wolverine) Canadian style impressed naming, surname partially officially corrected, good very fine, rare to ship £500-£700

Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996.

Approximately 10 Canada General Service Medals 1866-70 awarded to H.M.S. Wolverine.

John Zachariah Ford was born in Fratton, Portsmouth in January 1848. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1862, and served with H.M. Ships St. Vincent, Warrior and Wolverine. Ford served with the latter May 1865 - October 1866, and advanced to Able Seaman in July 1870. He changed his branch of service when he was made Cook 2nd Class in February 1878, and served a sea commission with H.M.S. Rocket, 1879- 1883 and H.M.S. Crocodile, 1884-1886. Ford was pensioned to shore in February 1886. He lost all chance of being awarded an LS & GC award since he was deprived of two Good Conduct Badges in February 1883.

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