Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant Henry Cardale, Royal Navy

Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Hy. Cardale, Acting Mate, H.M.S. Britannia) contemporary engraved naming, clasp loose on ribbon as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Canton 1857, unnamed as issued; Turkish Crimea, British issue, unnamed, all with original ribbons, contact marks, otherwise toned, very fine (3) £350-400

Henry Cardale served in the Crimea as Acting Mate in H.M.S. Britannia. He passed his examination on 7 June 1855 and subsequently served as Mate in the Phoenix, attached to the White Sea squadron, and Wanderer on the Home station. He became Lieutenant on 3 June 1856 and joined the Impregnable, flagship of Sir William Parker at Devonport, and from August 1856 until 1859 was employed in the Sans Pareil, in which ship he took part in the operations on the coast of China, including the bombardment and capture of Canton. He seems to have served subsequently aboard H.M. Ships Amethyst, Driver, Sattelite, and Gibraltar, but is no longer shown in the Navy List for 1867. See also the previous Lot for the medals to his younger brother, Vice-Admiral C. S. Cardale who was second-in-command of the Naval Rocket Brigade in the Abyssinian Expedition in 1867.