Pair: Coxswain of Launch T. Doig, Royal Navy

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Fatshan 1857, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Coxns. Launch, T.M., H.M. Reserve, 20 Yrs.), minor contact wear, good very fine (2) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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Ex Douglas-Morris Collection.

Thomas Doig was born at Woolwich in October 1836 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Hornet in May 1854 and had attained the rank of Able Seaman by the time of moving to his next ship in July 1859. In the interim, he participated in the Second China War and was present in the actions at Fatshan and Canton in 1857. Doig attained Petty Officer status with his appointment to Captain of the Fore’castle aboard the Forte in January 1861 and became a Captain of Launch in the same ship one year later. Removed to the Reserve in September 1872, he was pensioned ashore three months later, when he received his L.S. & G.C. Medal.