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of the 26th Regiment of Foot;
Captain Ford Whittingham CB
Age on Entrance into the Army; 18 Years;
Instances where gallant or skilful conduct shown; In Lieutenant General Sir Hugh Gough's dispatches relative to Segoan and Chapo and finally in the dispatches taken home by him from Nanking when peace was made honorably. Mentioned by Vice Admiral Sir William Parker in his dispatch of the Segoan Affair; Wounds received in action; Not Stated; Honours and Medals; Companion of the Order of the Bath; Conferred 24th December 1842 for serving as Aide de Camp to Sir Hugh Gough throughout the operations of 1842 in China; Service Abroad; 7 January 1837 - 26 December 1838; West Indies; 20 April 1840 - 11 August 1841; India; 11 August 1841 - 9 December 1842; China; 21 March 1850 - Not Stated; Gibraltar