Three: Quarter Master M. Bourke, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1793-1840, 1 clasp, Syria (Michael Bourke.); China 1842 (Michael Bourke. Petty Offr., H.M.S. Endymion.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Michael Bourke. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Sans Pareil. 25 Ys.) minor official correction to name of ship on last, light contact marks throughout, very fine and better (3) £1,400-£1,800

Sotheby’s, March 1986.

Michael Bourke served as Able Seaman aboard H.M.S. Talbot during operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840. Present at the bombardment of St John d’Acre on 3 November 1840, the officers and men aboard Talbot later received medals from the Turkish authorities. Transferred to Endymion from 27 November 1840 to 26 October 1843, Bourke was awarded the L.S & G.C. Medal on 11 April 1855.