Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Lieut. H. M. Moorsom, No. 6 B. 12th Bde. R. Art.) officially impressed naming, £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Henry Manvers Moorsom was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Moorsom of the Royal Scots Fusilier Guards, of Airey Hill, Whitby. Educated at Radley, he entered the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, in 1854, and was awarded the Sword of Honour in 1857. He served in the China War in 1860, including the capture of the Taku Forts and the surrender of Pekin (Medal and two Clasps). He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1883 and to Colonel in 1888. He was an instructor at Royal Military College, Sandhurst, from 1877 to 1884. He retired in 1896, and in 1905 was awarded an additional pension for distinguished service. He died at Brighton on 5 May 1915.