Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman J. W. Clowsley, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (J. W. Clowsley, A.B., H.M.S. Carysfort); Khedive’s Star, 1884-6, good very fine and better (2) £240-280

James William Clowsley was born in Clapham, London in January 1858 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1874. Advanced to Ordinary Seaman in December 1876 and to Able Seaman in September 1880, though several times confined to the cells, he served aboard H.M.S. Carysfort from April 1884 until January 1886, including active employment in the Suakin operations of 1885. Clowsley was discharged ashore, time expired, on his return to the U.K. in February 1886.