Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Petty Officer W. Hammond, Royal Navy

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (A-B: W. Hammond, H.M.S. Rosario) officially impressed naming; Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (W. Hammond, Py. Offr. 2.Cl. H.M.S. Druid. 73-74) good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,600

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010.

16 Fenian Raid 1866 clasps issued to H.M.S. Rosario; 50 Coomassie clasps issued to H.M.S. Druid.

William Hammond was born in Ramsgate, Kent, on 19 June 1843, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 11 May 1859. Posted to H.M.S. Rosario on 1 February 1862, he was advanced Able Seaman on 3 May 1863. He transferred to H.M.S. Druid on 28 December 1871, and was promoted Petty Officer 2nd Class on 1 April 1873. He transferred to H.M. Coastguard on 21 September 1874, and his final posting was as Commissioned Boatman at Sandwich, from 1 November 1883. He was shore pensioned on 24 October 1885.

Sold with copied service papers.