Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private W. Knight, 67th Regiment

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (67th Regt.) officially impressed naming; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2364 67th Foot) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment.

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William Knight was born in the Parish of Dean, near Basingstoke. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 67th Regiment at Basingstoke on 7 October 1843, aged 19 years, 6 months. He served with the regiment for over three years in Gibraltar, for under a year in India and for nearly 5 years in China. He was discharged at Athlone on 29 November 1864. Sold with copied discharge papers.