Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant G. H. Allen, Royal Marines

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, very fine (2) £300-£400

George Henry Allen enlisted in the Portsmouth Division, Royal Marines in 1834, and served as a Corporal with H.M.S. Caesar during the Baltic Campaign. He subsequently advanced to Sergeant and served with No. 14 Company, Royal Marines in China, serving with H.M.S. Calcutta and Princess Charlotte prior to being invalided with Dysentery, 24 October 1859. Allen served as a Nurse, and then Head Nurse, with the troop transport ship H.M.S. Jumna from September 1872 to April 1874. He was shore pensioned, and died in September 1884.

Sold with the following related original items and documents: Sergeant Stripes, bullion (pair); Parchment Certificate of Service; Naval Pension Certificate; Letter from the Director of Navy Accounts to the recipient’s grandson ‘Mr V. W. Allen, Flat 1, Upton House, St. James Road, Torquay, Devon, dated 26 August 1953; a hand written service history and copied service papers.