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№ 142

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14 September 2022

Hammer Price:
£500

Three: Able Seaman H. Kinghorn, Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (H. Kinghorn. A.B. H.M.S. Mohawk.); British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Henry Kinghorn) good very fine (3) £300-£400

Henry Kinghorn was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on 21 September 1880 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 24 September 1898. Advanced Able Seaman on 13 September 1900, he is confirmed on the Africa General Service Medal roll for Somaliland 1902-04, for service in H.M.S. Mohawk. He was invalided from the service on 10 October 1907, but saw Great War service with the Mercantile Marine.

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