A SECOND CHINA MEDAL WITH PEKIN 1860 CLASP TO WILLIAM EDWARD...

A SECOND CHINA MEDAL WITH PEKIN 1860 CLASP TO WILLIAM EDWARDS 99TH FOOT. A China War Medal with Pekin 1860 clasp named to Wm Edwards 99th Regt. 531 China Medals with the Pekin clasp were awarded to the 99th Regiment of Foot. 555 Private William Edwards from Liverpool attested for the 99th on the 16th October 1857 at the age of 21. He served for 3 years 183 days being discharged on the 31st May 1861. He served in India and China, in particular in the North of China in 1860 with the Expeditionary Force, and was present at the actions on the 18th and 21st September and the reoccupation of Pekin. Unfit for further service. Discharged due to blindness as a result of ophthalmic disease contracted in China, apparently something that was prevalent in the Regiment at this time. Provenance: Sotheby's 22nd November 1893, lot 154. The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased in October 1936 from 'Lees' for 8s 6d. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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