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China 1842 (Volunteer 1st Cl.) later Admiral, China campaign of 1842 and with the Naval Brigade ashore, including the actions of Tsekee on 14th March, at Chapoo on 17 May, and the storming and capture of Nanking on 16 June (Medal); in the Baltic campaign of 1854, as Lieutenant of H.M.S. Desperate; in the Baltic campaign of 1855, as Lieutenant of H.M.S. Pylades, including, on 15 August, the capture of four craft under fire from Russian troops in the Bight of Kossoria (Medal); also the campaign against the Sooso tribe on the Scarcies River, 30 miles north of Sierra Leone, December 1857 to 1 February 1858, as Lieutenant commanding H.M.S. Teazer, including the bombardment of Kambia on 1 February 1858, and with the Naval Brigade in destroying hostile villages further up river. He was specially promoted to Commander for these services, 1 April 1858;
K.C.B. group , Admiral Sir Edward Rice, Commander-in-Chief of the Nore. Operations on the Yangtse-Kiang in the First Opium War 1840-42.in charge of flotilla of boats on the Irrawaddy River in the Pegu operations 1850-53. In that capacity he engaged the Burmese at Metha, destroyed their magazines and war boats, and dispersed their troops, following which he commanded the bluejackets and naval guns at the capture of Prome. He was mentioned in despatches and received the thanks of the Governor-General in Council.In 1854 attacked the Riff pirates on shore near Cape Tres Forcas and recaptured the English brig Cuthbert Young. as Flag Captain in the Leander, at Sebastopol operations and at the evacuation of the Crimea and A.D.C. to Queen Victoria
Pair: Surgeon ,East and West Africa clasp, 1897-98 (Surgn. Lagos. Hausa. Force.), Africa General Service clasp, N. Nigeria 1903 (Dr. W.A.M.S.)
A rare Atbara casualty, Sudan & Khedives Sudan clasp Atbara, Cameron Highlanders, died of wounds received same day at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April, 189
Afghanistan, Egypt Tel-el-Kebir, group, Lieutenant, Royal Artillery
Queen’s Sudan pair & QSA Lieutenant, Lancs. Fusiliers
Sudan pair 1/Seaforth Highlanders, wounded at the Atbara, 8 April, 1898
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