Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, naming erased; China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Bombr. John Hepplestone, No. 4 B. 13th Bde. Rl. Arty.) officially impressed naming, Army Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sgt J. Heppleston, R.A.), impressed naming, Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed with double ring suspension Sergeant J. Hepplestone, Royal Artillery. Jeweller’s mark on edges Fine to EF

Description

Note: slight variation in surname.

John Hepplestone was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Manchester on 12 August 1847, aged 21 years. He served in Jamaica, December 1848-January 1851; the Crimea, May-October 1855; Corfu, November-December 1855; India, February 1858-March 1860, and China, March 1860-April 1862. Attained the rank of Sergeant in April 1864. In the 1871 Census he was listed as a Staff Sergeant of Militia at Dover Castle; in the 1881 Census listed as a Battery Sergeant-Major, Kent Artillery Militia and Chelsea Pensioner at Fort Burgoyne, and in the 1901 Census he was listed as an army Pensioner. Awarded a £10 annuity and M.S.M. from 19 May 1901, Hepplestone died in Bromley, Kent on 24 July 1907, aged 81 years.

Sold with copied service papers, census extracts and death certificate.