Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp (E. Wick. Ch.Sto. H.M.S. Scout. 1896.) contemporarily impressed naming, very fine £140-£180

Edward Wick was born in the village of Bromham, Wiltshire, on 28 February 1858. He joined the Royal Navy in 1878 as Stoker 2nd Class and witnessed extensive service aboard various ships and shore bases, including Dragon, Royal Adelaide and Dreadnought. Transferred to the torpedo cruiser Scout on 1 October 1885, Wick was raised Chief Stoker on 16 January 1898, but died just three months later at Malta as a result of pulmonary tuberculosis.