Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (283450 Sto. W. E. Gatehouse, H.M.S. Powerful) impressed naming, fine £340-£380

William Edward Gatehouse was born in Deptford, London, on 26 November 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 24 September 1896. He served in H.M.S. Powerful from 8 June 1897 to 8 June 1900, and was promoted Stoker on 21 April 1898. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Chatham on 26 September 1908, but was recalled for service during the Great War, and was advanced Leading Stoker on 26 June 1918. He was finally shore demobilised on 18 February 1919.