China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Ensign T. D. Fosbroke, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming, polished, otherwise very fine £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Gordon Everson.

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Thomas Dudley Fosbroke was born at Enfield, Middlesex, on 19 December 1839. He was appointed Ensign in the 2nd Regiment on 21 February 1858, and promoted to Lieutenant on 24 May 1861. He served throughout the campaign of 1860 in North China (Medal with two Clasps). Fosbroke sold out his commission in 1864, and was later appointed Lieutenant in the Nottingham or Royal Sherwood Foresters Militia, April 1871, becoming Captain in March 1873. He transferred to the Royal Lancashire Artillery Militia in 1882 and retired the following year. He died at Budleigh Salterton, Devon, on 13 December 1884.