A SECOND CHINA MEDAL WITH PEKIN 1860 CLASP AND GOOD CONDUCT ...

A SECOND CHINA MEDAL WITH PEKIN 1860 CLASP AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO JAMES DUDLEY 99TH FOOT. A China War Medal with Pekin 1860 clasp named to Jas Dudley 99th Regt and Long Service and Good Conduct medal, 2nd type, named to 1668 J. Dudley 99th Regt. 531 China Medals with the Pekin clasp were awarded to the 99th Regiment of Foot. 1668 Private James Dudley, a labourer from Tring in Hertfordshire attested for the 99th Foot at London on the 27th Dec ember 1841 at the age of 18. He served 21 years and 23 days, he was awarded his Good Conduct medal and a gratuity of £5 in 1860 as a result of an unblemished record having never been tried by Court Martial or entered in the defaulters book. He served in China and Tasmania, there is a record that he was invalided to England on the 28th December 1861. He was discharged on his own request on the 17th January 1865. Provenance: The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased on the 21st March 1944 from Baldwin for 14 shillings. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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