Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Victorian C.B. group of four awarded to Captain T. F. Hammill, Royal Navy

The Most Honourable Order of The Bath, C.B. (Military) Companion’s breast badge, 22ct. gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1842, complete with swivel ring and straight bar suspension and gold buckle on ribbon; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, The Nile 1884-85 (Comdr. T. F. Hammill, R.N., H.M.S. Monarch); Turkey, Order of Medjidie, 3rd Class neck badge by Dupetitbosq, Paris, 69 x 68mm., silver, gold and enamel, with neck cravat, in case of issue; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, good very fine and better (4) £1400-1600

Captain Hammill served at the bombardment of Alexandria as Commander aboard the Monarch; landed there with the Naval Brigade (in command until Fisher’s arrival) and also served with it at Port Said. He then took part in the expedition to relieve Khartoum, 1884-85, being in command of the naval forces south of Wadi Halfa. His survey of the Nile cataracts and assistance to the river transports were such that the Admiralty Secretary stated in the House of Commons that, ‘the progress of Lord Wolseley’s expedition was materially aided by the able survey of Captain Hammill’. For his services in Egypt and the Sudan he was mentioned in despatches and promoted to Captain. Hammill was later the Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence, 1889-1892, and was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the Queen’s birthday honours, 24 May 1892.