Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Brigade-Surgeon J. H. Finnemore, Army Medical Department

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Asst. Surgn. J. H. Finnemore. No. 4 B. 13th Bde. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming; Abyssinia 1867 (Surgeon J. H. Finnemore H.M. 45th Regt.); Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (Surgn. Major J. H. Finnemore, 1873-4) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £700-£900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the late Roy Painter.

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James Horridge Finnemore was born in Dublin on 7 October 1830, and was appointed Assistant Surgeon on the Staff on 23 June 1854; appointed to the Royal Artillery, 1 July 1857; Surgeon on the Staff, 11 January 1867; appointed to the 45th Foot, 9 November 1867; Staff, 13 April 1872; Army Medical Department, Surgeon-Major, 11 January 1873; retired on half-pay with Hon. rank of Brigade Surgeon, 11 February 1880. He served in the Royal Artillery with the expedition to China in 1860, and was present at actions of Sinho and Tangku, capture of Taku Forts, actions near Tangchow, and surrender of Pekin (Medal with two Clasps). Served with the 45th Regiment in the Abyssinian campaign, and was present at the capture of Magdala (Medal). Served in the Ashantee war of 1873-74 (Medal). Brigade-Surgeon Finnemore died in Dublin on 23 January 1908.