Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Master-at-Arms F. Stanford, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (M.A.A., H.M.S. Highflyer); British War Medal 1914-20 (112938 M.A.A., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A.B., H.M.S. Vivid) impressed naming, contact marks on last, very fine and better (3) £200-240

Frederick Stanford was born in Plymouth on 28 September 1864. He enlisted into the Royal Navy on 28 September 1882, re-engaging in November 1892 and again in November 1902. Attained the rank of Master-at-Arms in June 1899. Discharged in 1907 he joined the R.F.R. Mobilised in August 1914, he served on H.M.S. Vivid I and Endymion until March 1916. With copied service notes.