Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain R. H. R. Rowley, Royal Artillery

South Africa 1834-53 (Lieut. R. H. R. Rowley, Rl. Arty.); China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Capt. R. H. R. Rowley, 4th Bde. Rl. Arty.) both medals with officially impressed naming, contact marks, therefore good fine (2) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Robert Horseley Rickets Rowley was born on 5 July 1830, and was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 20 June 1849, and subsequently: 1st Lieutenant on 16 July 1850; Captain on 24 September 1855; Major on 5 November 1871; Lieutenant-Colonel on 17 June 1874; Colonel on 17 June 1879; and Major-General on 12 October 1881. Major-General Rowley served in the Kaffir War of 1851-53 (Medal), as well as in the China expedition of 1860, and was present at the capture of the Taku Forts, actions of the 18 and 21 September near Tangchow and surrender of Pekin (Medal with two Clasps). Major-General Rowley died on 27 July 1903.