Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (St. Surgn. J. C. Ferguson, R.N., H.M.S. Wallaroo.) minor edge bruise, otherwise good extremely fine £300-£400

John Christopher Ferguson was born in Dublin in 1863 and was commissioned in the Royal Navy as a Surgeon in 1888. He was advanced Staff Surgeon in 1900, and is confirmed on the roll as being entitled to a no clasp China Medal serving in H.M.S. Wallaroo. He was promoted Fleet Surgeon 1904, and saw further serviced during the Great War as a Surgeon Commander (British War and Victory Medals and Russian Order of St. Stanislaus Second Class. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Surgeon Captain 1918, and died in 1925.

Sold with copied record of service, and medal roll extracts.