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India General Service Medal 1854-95
Awarded to Thomas Barnardiston. Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: Winged Victory standing (left) crowning with a wreath a seated warrior (right). Suspended from a cusped bar and ribbon of three scarlet and two blue stripes. Bar: 'PEGU'. Inscr. on edge, 'THOS. BARNARDISTON. ACTG. MATE 'WINCHESTER". Mounted on a bar with two others.
From 26 March 1853 to 5 April 1853 Barnardiston was mate in HMS ‘Winchester’ - Flagship on the China and East Indies Station. He was gazetted after an action with Burmese forces at Danybyu during the second Burmese War. This was a land attack on a well-defended stockade in which the British Commander, Granville Gower Loch was mortally wounded. He had been in command of a naval brigade of 185 seamen, 62 marines and 25 officers from ’Winchester’, ‘Fox’ and ’Sphinx’ who were beaten back by the Burmese and had to retreat.
From 26 March 1853 to 5 April 1853 Barnardiston was mate in HMS ‘Winchester’ - Flagship on the China and East Indies Station. He was gazetted after an action with Burmese forces at Danybyu during the second Burmese War. This was a land attack on a well-defended stockade in which the British Commander, Granville Gower Loch was mortally wounded. He had been in command of a naval brigade of 185 seamen, 62 marines and 25 officers from ’Winchester’, ‘Fox’ and ’Sphinx’ who were beaten back by the Burmese and had to retreat.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED2341 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | Second Burmese War, 1852-1853 |
| People: | Barnardiston, Thomas |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |