Orders, Decorations and Medals

Six: Petty Officer J. White, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (Ord., H.M.S. Raleigh); China 1900, no clasp (P.O. 2Cl., H.M.S. Peacock); 1914-15 Star (153976 P.O.2 R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (153976 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (153976 Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard) contact marks, nearly very fine and better (6) £400-500

371 ‘Gambia 1894’ clasps awarded to Raleigh. 81 ‘no clasp’ China Medals awarded to Peacock.

John White was born in Withycombe, Devon on 5 November 1874. Entering the Royal Navy in 1890, he served in the Coast Guard, 1903-14. With the onset of war he was recalled to the Royal Navy and saw service on Mars and Theseus. Sold with some copied service details.