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Four: Surgeon O. J. Llewellyn, Royal Navy, who landed with the Naval Brigade at the storming of the White Stockade and Dagon Pagoda
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Owen J. Llewellyn. Surgn. “Fox”); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, clasp loose on ribbon as issued; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £700-£900
Owen Jeffries Llewellyn was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 2 September 1851, and appointed to serve aboard the following ships: Rattler, 13 September 1851; Fox, 31 January 1853; Boscawen, 3 October 1853; Poictiers, 22 November 1853; Gorgon, 12 March 1854 (Baltic and Crimea medals); Haslar Hospital, 25 March 1856; Marlborough, 20 February 1858; Alacrity, 11 October 1860 (Acting Surgeon); Hibernia, 26 March 1861 (Assistant Surgeon); Intrepid, 12 July 1861(Surgeon); Archer, 30 March 1863; Magicienne, 7 November 1864; and Hydra, 6 January 1865 until he was discharged dead on 3 August 1867.
The London Gazette of 31 May 1852 records that Llewellyn landed with the Naval Brigade at the storming of the White Stockade & Dagon Pagoda during the operations in Burma.
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