Orders, Decorations and Medals

Eleven: Thomas Seabright, Footman and Assistant Gentleman Porter at Buckingham Palace, late Royal Horse Guards

1914-15 Star (1705 Tpr. T. A. Seabright, R.H. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (1705 Tpr., R.H. Gds.); Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1908 1928’ (Thomas Seabright); Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Victorian Medal, Silver, G.VI.R., 1st issue; Belgium, Albert I, Royal Household Medal, silver; Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, 7th class, silver; France, Medal of Honour, bronze with swords, mounted court style, the obverses heavily polished but otherwise generally very fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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Thomas Andrew Seabright was born in Lambeth, London, on 16 December 1888. He entered the Royal Household in the service of the Prince and Princess of Wales (later King George V and Queen Mary) on 23 July 1908, as a Footman. He received the Coronation Medal in 1911, and later accompanied the King-Emperor to India in 1911-12.

During the Great War, Seabright served as a Trooper in the Royal Horse Guards from 3 September 1914, and saw action at Ypres, Loos, Hulloch and on the Somme. Rejoining the Royal service after the War, he was the recipient of some foreign medals given on various State occasions. Having completed 20 years’ service, he was awarded the Long and Faithful Service Medal in July 1928. He was appointed a Livery Porter in April 1930, and, in July 1942, an Assistant Gentleman Porter. Seabright was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in Silver in January 1943 and retired from Royal service on 1 February 1943. He moved to Devon, and died after a long illness at Stoke Climsland on 10 October 1950, aged 61. Sold with some research including several photographs.