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23 March 2022

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Lot

№ 418

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23 March 2022

Hammer Price:
£1,700

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 2 clasps, Relief of Lucknow, Lucknow (John Williams, A.B. Shannon.) nearly extremely fine £1,400-£1,800

Provenance: Payne Collection 1911; Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002.

Approximately 133 medals with this clasp combination awarded to the Royal Navy.

John Williams was born in Cawsand, Cornwall in May 1836. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in October 1856, and initially was borne on the books of H.M.S. Impregnable before almost immediately volunteering for service with H.M.S. Shannon. Williams advanced to Able Seaman in February 1857, and served with the Shannon’s Naval Brigade throughout the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. He subsequently served with H.M.S. Algiers in 1861.