Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sailmaker’s Mate Frederick Miles, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailmrs. Crew. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (F. Miles. Sailrs. Mte. H.M.S. “Humber”); Khedive's Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (3) £300-360

Frederick Miles was born in Fordingbridge, Hampshire, on 5 November 1844, and joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd class on 24 September 1861. After service in Black Prince and Bellerophon, and advancement through the rates to become an Able Seaman, he joined Rattlesnake in October 1870 and on 13 December joined the Sailmaker’s Crew, serving on the Gold Coast during the Ashantee campaign of 1873-74. He joined Pembroke in March 1874 and was advanced to Sailmaker’s Mate on 1 April 1874, serving aboard various ships until he joined Humber in June 1882 for service during the Egyptian war. He joined his last ship, Duke of Wellington in October 1882 before retirement to pension on 6 November 1882, when he was 38 years old. His conduct was almost always exemplary but there is nothing to show that he received a L.S. & G.C. medal.

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