Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Pair: Quarter-Master F. English, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (F. English, A.B., H.M.S. Vulcan), contemporary engraved naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Qr. Mr., H.M.S. Liverpool, 20 Yrs.), the first with edge bruising and contact wear, very fine, the last good very fine (2) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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Francis English was born in London in December 1827 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Rodney in July 1846. Gaining advancement to Able Seaman aboard the Vulcan in September 1854, he witnessed active service in the Crimea War, including the Sebastopol operations. English was appointed a Quarter-Master in March 1861 and was pensioned ashore from the Liverpool in July 1867, in which month he received his L.S. & G.C. Medal.