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China 1900, 2 clasps, Taku Forts, Relief of Pekin (J. White, A.B., H.M.S. Orlando) good very fine £500-600
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine collection of awards for the Boxer Rebellion 1900.
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81 medals with two clasps issued to this ship.
Joseph White was born at King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on 14 October 1876, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard H.M.S. Impregnable on 30 March 1892. He served aboard Orlando from February 1899 to July 1902. Promoted to Petty Officer 2nd Class in October 1903, he was invalided out of the service at Haslar on 16 September 1908, having been certified insane. Sold with copied record of service.
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