Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Yeoman of Signals P. Coughlan, Royal Navy

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (P. Coughlan. Sign. 2. Cl: H.M.S. “Active”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P. Coughlan, Ch. Yeo. Sig., H.M.S. Collingwood.) impressed naming, nearly very fine (2) £600-£800

Patrick Coughlan was born in Cork on 9 March 1860 and entered Naval service on 7 April 1875 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Boscawen. Early training as a Signal Boy in H.M.S. Tourradine (1876-77) laid the foundations for a career which was to last until the turn of the century in the signals branch. He was borne on the books of H.M.S. Active at the time of the Zulu War and formed part of that ship’s Naval Brigade as a Signalman 2nd Class. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 March 1897, while Chief Yeoman of Signals on H.M.S. Collingwood, and was shore pensioned on 20 November 1898.