Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (186778 A-B: J. F. Annett, H.M.S. Powerful) impressed naming, last two letters of ship officially corrected, very fine £400-£500

John Frederick Annett was born in Eltham, Kent, on 20 June 1879, and joined Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 December 1895. He served in H.M.S. Powerful from 8 June 1897 to 9 March 1900, in H.M.S. Doris from 10 March to 23 April 1900, and then back in H.M.S. Powerful from 24 April to 8 June 1900, and was promoted Able Seaman on 6 April 1899. Annett was advanced to Petty Officer on 25 March 1913, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Sentinel from July 1914 to July 1918.