Pair: Able Seaman J. W. Strahan, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (228787 J. W. Strahan, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (228787 J. W. Strahan, A.B. H.M.S. Philomel.), very fine (2) £240-£280

John William Strahan was born in Mile End, London, on 29 June 1887 and entered naval service on 13 November 1903 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Boscawen, seeing advancement to Able Seaman in H.M.S. King Alfred on 2 January 1906, and then serving in H.M.S. Hawke and Victory I, before he was drafted to H.M.S. Philomel, during which he served in the Somaliland operations, remaining in her until 30 September 1911. After further service, including in H.M.S. Attentive from 1913 to 1917, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in April 1920.