The John Chidzey Collection

Pair: Thomas Knox, First Class Engineer, Royal Indian Marine

Punjab 1848-49, no clasp (2nd Class Engr. T. Knox, Ind. Flot.) officially impressed naming, initial corrected; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Thos. Knox. 1st Cl. Engineer. “Moozuffer”) good very fine and scarce (2) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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Thomas Knox was born in Glasgow, date unknown, and joined the Indian Navy on 22 January 1845 as a 3rd Class Engineer. He arrived in India, 24 June 1845; 2nd Class Engineer, 1 June 1848, and served aboard the Napier with the Indus Flotilla during the Punjab campaign; promoted to 1st Class Engineer, 1 December 1851. Was on Furlough to the U.K. on sick leave for 2 years from 13 September 1862, and died at Bombay on 28 February 1856.

Sold with some research.