Crimea Medal clasps Inkermann & Sebastopol officially impressed naming JOHN G TWINE GUNNER & Arctic Medal 1818-55, unnamed as issued.
John George Twine joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1st Feb 1828, serving in HMS Blonde, and was advanced Ordinary Seaman in HMS Sapphire on 14th Apr 1835, and Able Seaman in the same ship on 31st May 1837. He transferred to HMS Edinburgh on 4th Oct 1838, and was present in her during operations on and off the coast of Syria in 1840 (entitled to a NGS Medal with clasp for Syria). Appointed Gunner 3rd Class on 27th Mar 1849, he served from that date in HMS North Star, and took part in the Franklin Search Expedition of 1849-5); under the command of James Saunders she sailed in search of Franklin, reaching Beechey Island and Wellington Sound. The North Star’s primary task was re-supplying the Enterprise and the Investigator, but she failed to make contact with either of these two ships. On her return journey the North Star visited the north-western coast of Greenland where the crew wintered in Wolstenholm Sound. Twine, along with the rest of the crew, receiving the Arctic Medal 1818-55 for this expedition. Advanced Gunner, Twine transferred to HMS Rodney on 4th Apr 1854, and served in her during the Crimean War, being present at the bombardment of Fort Constantine, Sebastopol, on 17th October 1854. Although the medal roll records him as receiving an officially impressed medal and the clasp Sebastopol only (and not the Inkermann clasp), the medal appears to be entirely as issued. Sold with copied service record and copied medal rolls for all three medals.
