Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Witu August 1893, Juba River 1893 (E. Richardson, A.B., H.M.S. Blanche.) good very fine and rare £2,400-£3,000

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 1999.

Only 42 ‘Juba River 1894’ clasps issued, 24 in combination with ‘Witu August 1893’.

Ernest Daniel Richardson was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on 3 October 1871, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd class on 26 November 1886. He served aboard Blanch from November 1892 to March 1894, during which period he served ashore with the Naval Brigade at Witu in August 1893, and with the much smaller Naval Brigade under Lieutenant Lewes, landed at the mouth of the Juba River later the same month (Medal with 2 clasps). He was discharged to Pension in May 1901 but was recalled for service in August 1914 and is entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio. Sold with copied record of service.