Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (171126 C. T. Ware, P.O.1 Cl, H.M.S. Spanker. 1909. 4.7 In. Q.F.) number officially corrected, toned, nearly extremely fine £240-280

Charles Thomas Ware was born at Portsea, Hampshire, on 30 August 1877, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 January 1893. Advanced Ordinary Seaman on 30 August 1895, and Able Seaman on 14 January 1897, he won the Naval Good Shooting Medal, as part of the team from H.M.S. Spanker, in 1909, before being invalided out of the Royal Navy on 16 November 1909 after losing a hand as a result of an accident, and undergoing an amputation. This is his sole medallic entitlement.