Orders, Decorations and Medals

Ashantee 1873-74, clasp, Coomassie (W. Atteridge, Py. Offr. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Active 73-74) very light contact marks, otherwise toned, good very fine

Confirmed on roll. Approximately 117 clasps issued to H.M.S. Active.
Petty Officer Attridge was very severely wounded in the left arm at the action at Becquah, 1 February 1874. During the final advance on Coomassie in 1874, the Naval Brigade fought three brisk actions in the course of four days: at Borumassie on 29th January (3 Seamen and 1 Marine wounded); at Amoaful on 30th January (6 Officers and 20 Petty Officers, Seamen and Marines, wounded); and at Becquah on 1st February (1 Seaman killed, and 3 Petty Officers and Seamen wounded). On 4th February there was further fighting at Ordah-su (1 Officer and 4 Seamen wounded) but in the afternoon of the same day the Army entered Coomassie, which Sir Garnet Wolsley, on the 6th, ordered to be burnt.