Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Ordinary Seaman J. W. Stoner, Royal Navy, who was killed in action in Alexandria on 16 July 1882

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (J. W. Stoner. Ord: H.M.S. “Minotaur”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £300-£400

James William Stoner was born in Croydon on 21 February 1862 and entered naval service on 7 December 1877 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Fisgard, in which he remained until 21 December 1877 when he was drafted to H.M.S. Boscawen. Advanced Boy 1st Class, he served in H.M.S. Penelope from 28 September 1889 to 8 April 1880, having seen promotion to Ordinary Seaman in February 1880. After a draft in H.M.S. Newcastle from April to October 1880, he spent 90 days in Lewes Gaol from September 1881. Service followed in H.M.S. Duncan from 1 January to 4 April 1882, when he transferred to H.M.S. Minotaur, in which he served until he was killed in action at Alexandria on 16 July 1882.