Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Carpenter F. G. Cole, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (F. G. Cole, Car. Crew, H.M.S. St. George.) with minor official corrections; 1914-15 Star (173815, F. G. Cole, Cpr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (173815 F. G. Cole. Cpr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (173815 F. G. Cole, Cooper, H.M.S. Sappho) generally good very fine (5)
£200-£240

Frederick George Cole was born at Weymouth on 14 July 1872 and entered naval service on 29 June 1893, serving in H.M.S. St George from 14 January 1896 to 10 February 1898. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 September 1908, he served in H.M.S. Monarch for most of the Great War, before he was demobilised to shore on 31 April 1920.