Orders, Decorations and Medals

Seven: Chief Petty Officer P. E. Dealey, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Lake Nyassa 1893 (Lg. Sean., H.M.S.Adventure); China 1900, no clasp (P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Centurion); 1914-15 Star (128969 C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (128969 C.P.O., R.N.); Coronation 1902, bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Excellent) impressed naming, together with his original parchment Certificates of Service (2), and parchment Gunnery and Torpedo History Sheets (2), some light contact marks but generally very fine or better and a rare group (7) £2400-2800

Percy Dealey was born in Dorking, Surrey, on 28 December 1868, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class in October 1884. Whilst aboard Adventure, a gunboat on Lake Nyassa, he took part in the operation against Chief Makanjira’s mother, Kalunda, a slave trading Chieftainess who with her warriors was shelled out of her village at Rifu Bay by gunfire from H.M. Ships Adventure and Pioneer. He served during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 aboard Centurion, received his L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1902, and was a member of the Naval Ceremonial Guard of Honour during the 1902 Coronation celebrations. During the Great War he served aboard the armed Patrol Yacht Calistra, and the Q-ship Gunner, also known as Planudes and Q-31.

The Lake Nyassa 1893 clasp was awarded to two officers and 10 ratings of H.M.S. Adventure, and 3 officers and 14 ratings of H.M.S. Pioneer, a total issue of 29 clasps to European recipients.