Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman J. W. Dennis, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (160938 A-B: J. W. Dennis, H.M.S. Terrible); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (J. W. Dennis, A.B., H.M.S. Terrible) edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £600-£800

John William Dennis was born in London on 13 March 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 27 June 1891. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 October 1896, whilst serving in H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, he transferred to H.M.S. Terrible on 24 March 1898, and served in South Africa during the Boer War in H.M.S. Terrible’s Naval Brigade, and subsequently in China during the Boxer Rebellion. He saw further service during the Great War in H.M.S. Achilles from 5 June 1913 to 19 October 1917, and was shore demobilised on 11 November 1918.