Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Shipwright R. H. Sainsbury, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Car. Mte., H.M.S. Beagle) large impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (159395 Ch. Shpt., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (159395 Ch. Shpt., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (159395 Car. Mate, H.M.S. Centurion) very fine and better (5) £200-240

Richard Henry Sainsbury was born in Cardiff on 20 September 1869. A Shipwright by trade, he entered the Royal Navy as a Shipwright on 23 March 1891. He was advanced to Leading Shipwright when on Alexandra in March 1894, Carpenter’s Mate when based at Vernon in August 1898; Chief Carpenter’s Mate at Victory II in August 1912 and Chief Shipwright in December 1912 when again at Vernon. Sainsbury served on the Beagle, May 1901-August 1903, and was one of 110 men of the ship entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal without clasp. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal when serving on the battleship Centurion, August 1905-May 1906. He was demobilized on 19 August 1916 after serving on the armed boarding steamer Lunka, December 1915-August 1916. Sold with copied service paper.