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Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1848
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria with a diadem, hair tied in a knot (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: Within a knotted rope starboard broadside view of a ship of the line at anchor. Legend: 'FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT'. Suspended from a bar and dark blue ribbon edged with white. Inscribed on edge, 'J.W.JENEWAY BOATNS MTE H.M.S.FAVORITE'.
John Wells Jeneway (1843-1925) was born in Lambeth, to single parent Sarah Jeneway - a dressmaker from Cambridgeshire.
He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd class in the training ship ‘Fisgard’ on 6 June 1859. By 8 October that year, he was part of the crew of ‘Topaze’, a newly-launched screw frigate, travelling out to the Pacific station based at Valparaiso.
From her, he joined HMS ‘Ganges’ on 22 March 1860 and continued his service in the Pacific, from 11 April 1860, as Boy 1st Class in HMS ‘Satellite’. He returned to Plymouth the following year and was rated Ordinary Seaman in ‘Cambridge’ from January 1861 to February 1862.
He then served in ‘Bacchante’ – the flagship of Sir Thomas Maitland on the west coast of the Americas until the end of her commission in August 1864, by now he was a Leading Seaman. In 1869 he was in ‘Perseus’ on the China Station and in ‘Fawn’ on a survey voyage in the Pacific, now Bosun 1st class from 1 January 1873. He served in home waters from May 1873 to 2 November 1878, including service in 'Favorite' during 1874 to 1875. From 6 October 1875 he was rated a bosun and thus an officer. He then moved to ‘Raleigh’ and joined the eastern Mediterranean fleet. He returned to the United Kingdom for a spell, then joined a ship he had previously served on - the broadside ironclad frigate ‘Minotaur’, formerly part of the Channel fleet. She was now deployed to the Mediterranean where she took part in operations off Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War. At the end of a long career, Jeneway returned to the Mediterranean in ‘Dreadnought’ in October’ 1884, then worked on Indian troop ship ‘Malabar’. His last years in the Royal Navy were spent in the training ship ‘Britannia’ at Dartmouth, now rated Chief Bosun. He retired on 1 October 1898.
Jeneway had married Elizabeth Le Mesurier Mallon in 1869 in Portsmouth where the couple made their home and John Wells died in 1924.
John Wells Jeneway (1843-1925) was born in Lambeth, to single parent Sarah Jeneway - a dressmaker from Cambridgeshire.
He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd class in the training ship ‘Fisgard’ on 6 June 1859. By 8 October that year, he was part of the crew of ‘Topaze’, a newly-launched screw frigate, travelling out to the Pacific station based at Valparaiso.
From her, he joined HMS ‘Ganges’ on 22 March 1860 and continued his service in the Pacific, from 11 April 1860, as Boy 1st Class in HMS ‘Satellite’. He returned to Plymouth the following year and was rated Ordinary Seaman in ‘Cambridge’ from January 1861 to February 1862.
He then served in ‘Bacchante’ – the flagship of Sir Thomas Maitland on the west coast of the Americas until the end of her commission in August 1864, by now he was a Leading Seaman. In 1869 he was in ‘Perseus’ on the China Station and in ‘Fawn’ on a survey voyage in the Pacific, now Bosun 1st class from 1 January 1873. He served in home waters from May 1873 to 2 November 1878, including service in 'Favorite' during 1874 to 1875. From 6 October 1875 he was rated a bosun and thus an officer. He then moved to ‘Raleigh’ and joined the eastern Mediterranean fleet. He returned to the United Kingdom for a spell, then joined a ship he had previously served on - the broadside ironclad frigate ‘Minotaur’, formerly part of the Channel fleet. She was now deployed to the Mediterranean where she took part in operations off Egypt during the Anglo-Egyptian War. At the end of a long career, Jeneway returned to the Mediterranean in ‘Dreadnought’ in October’ 1884, then worked on Indian troop ship ‘Malabar’. His last years in the Royal Navy were spent in the training ship ‘Britannia’ at Dartmouth, now rated Chief Bosun. He retired on 1 October 1898.
Jeneway had married Elizabeth Le Mesurier Mallon in 1869 in Portsmouth where the couple made their home and John Wells died in 1924.
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Object details
| ID: | MED0042 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | Long service award |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Wyon, William |
| Vessels: | Favourite 1829 (HMS) |
| Date made: | 1848 |
| People: | Jeneway, John Wells |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |