Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Plumber C. Colling, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (C. Colling, Plumber, H.M.S. Phoebe.); British War Medal 1914-20 (110931 C. Colling. Pbr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Colling, Plumber, H.M.S. Phoebe.) impressed naming, very fine (3) £280-£320

Charles Colling was born in Devonport on 12 October 1859 and entered naval service on 24 February 1880 in H.M.S. Indus, serving as a Plumber in H.M.S. Phoebe from 1 December 1892 to 21 January 1896. He was pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid II on 24 February 1900 and served briefly during the Great War at H.M.S. Vivid II between 2 August and 19 October 1914.