Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Gunner H. Hopkinson, Royal Artillery

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (1495 Bombr. H. Hopkinson. R.A.) contemporarily engraved naming; Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (873. Gr: H. Hopkinson. R.A.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (H. Hopkinson. R.A.) privately engraved naming, pierced with swivel loop suspension, very fine and better (3) £460-£550

Henry Hopkinson served with the Royal Artillery in the Crimea and is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Medal with clasp Sebastopol. A career soldier, he is listed in 1861 as a Gunner with 4th Brigade, Royal Artillery, his unit being variously stationed around this time at Christchurch, Hilsea, New Zealand, Woolwich, Canada, Bristol, Aldershot and Gosport. The recommendation for his Canada General Service Medal further notes his home address as 147, Phillimore Road, Sheffield, Yorkshire.