Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, no clasp (Wm. Burkett, H.M.S. Roebuck.) contemporary engraved naming in upright serif capitals, suspension loose and claw re-affixed, edge bruising, contact marks and polished, therefore fine £140-£180

William Burkett was born in London on 16 November 1842, and lived in Marylebone. He entered the Navy in Fisgard as a Boy 2nd Class on 14 July 1859, whence he went to Royal Adelaide on 30 July and to Imperieuse on 10 October 1859. He joined Roebuck on 29 March 1860, still as a Boy 2nd Class. Advanced to Boy 1st Class on 10 August 1860, and on 14 March the following year, was drafted to the Hospital Ship Melville in Hong Kong.

Roebuck was a wooden screw gun vessel launched in March 1856; she did not qualify for any clasps in China.

Sold with further research including incomplete record of service.