Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

New Zealand 1845-66, reverse dated 1845 to 1846 (J Inkster AB H.M.S. Castor) good very fine £1,400-£1,800

Hamiltons, Glasgow, October 1980.

69 medals issued with these reverse dates to H.M.S. Castor. Approximately 160 medals with these dates issued to the Royal Navy.

John Inkster was born at Stromness, Scotland, in about 1813. He joined the Royal Navy in H.M.S. Medea on 26 October 1838, and joined H.M.S. Castor on 15 January 1843. He served as part of the contingent from Castor during the attack on Kawiti’s Pa at Ruapekapeka on 11 January 1846, and was discharged at Chatham on 16 November 1847.