Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer F. W. Kite, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (162021 F. W Kite, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Proserpine); 1914-15 Star (162021 F. W. Kite, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (162021 F. W. Kite. S.P.O. R.N.), very fine or better (4) £140-£180

Frederick William Kite was born in Cambridge on 31 July 1872 and entered naval service as a Stoker 2nd Class on 30 July 1891. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 11 December 1906, he served as such in H.M.S. Proserpine from 11 December 1906 to 21 September 1908; saw further service during the Great War; was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 March 1919.