Three: Able Seaman F. J. Burgoyne, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (192333. F. J. Burgoyne, Ord. Sea. H.M.S. Niobe.); British War Medal 1914-20 (192333 F. J. Burgoyne. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (192333. F. J. Burgoyne, A.B. H.M.S. Cornwall.) very fine and better (3) £140-£180

Frederick James Burgoyne was born in Bigbury, Devon, on 3 August 1879, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 16 January 1897. He transferred to H.M.S. Niobe on 6 December 1898, and was promoted Able Seaman on 22 February 1900. He joined H.M.S. Cornwall on 27 June 1912, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 August 1912, and served in her during the Great War. He was shore pensioned on 6 September 1919.