Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sick Berth Attendant Richard Knott, Royal Navy

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Richd. Knott. S.B. Attendt. “Salamander”); Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued, mounted on card for display, good very fine (2) £300-£400

Richard Knott was born in the Parish of St Kerrians, Exeter, Devon, and was a barber by trade before he joined the Navy, in the same trade, in Malabar on 12 May 1842, aged 28. He was discharged from Malabar on 5 June 1844, with ‘Good’ conduct, and a few months later, on 18 December 1844, he joined Superb, again as a barber. He was discharged on 28 November 1848, when Superb was paid off, again with ‘Good’ conduct, and some 21 months later joined Salamander on 6 August 1850, as an Ordinary Seaman. He was rated as a Sick Berth Attendant on 1 October 1851, and took part in the Burma operations in the following year. He was discharged to shore on 23 November 1854, when the ship was paid off, but with only ‘Fair’ conduct. The roll shows that his medal for Pegu was sent to Orion in which ship he was present in the Baltic operations of 1854-55. Sold with brief record of service for Malabar and Superb and other research.