Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (T. Mitchell, Lg. Smn., H.M.S. Turquoise.) very fine £240-£280

Thomas Mitchell was born at South Stoke, Somerset, on 19 August 1865, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 9 November 1880. He served aboard Turquoise as Able Seaman from 1 October 1887 to 25 June 1891, during which time he was advanced to Leading Seaman in January 1889 and to Petty Officer 2nd Class in November 1890. He transferred to the Coast Guard in November 1892, serving as a Boatman at Salcombe and then Axmouth before being ‘discharged dead’ from tuberculosis on 3 November 1894. Sold with copied record of service.