Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Stoker F. J. Furzland, Royal Navy

China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (F. J. Furzland, Sto., H.M.S. Fame); 1914-15 Star (292305 F. J. F. Furyland, Ch. Sto., R.N.) note spelling of surname; British War and Victory Medals (292305 F. J. F. Furzland. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (292305 F. J. F. Furzland, Chief Sto., H.M.S. Berwick) very fine and better (5) £600-£800

Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997.

61 clasps for Taku Forts issued to H.M.S. Fame.

Frederick James Friend Furzland was born at Modbury, Devon, on 1 January 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 19 June 1899. After initial training at Vivid II, he joined H.M.S. Tamar, at Hong Kong, from 1 March 1900, and was then placed on the books of H.M.S. Barfleur for service aboard Fame during the Boxer rebellion, including the capture of the Taku Forts on 17 June 1900. He saw further service with the China Fleet, serving in Aurora, Orlando and Goliath. Thereafter he served in the cruisers Duke of Edinburgh, Essex, Indus and Warrior. He became a Chief Stoker in December 1912, and received his L.S. & G.C. medal aboard H.M.S. Berwick in July 1914. He continued in Berwick until November 1915, when he returned once more to Vivid II, the stokers’ training establishment, but then interspersed with further sea-going service in Sutlej and Cassandra. In 1919-20 he served in the battleships Marlborough and Colossus. He retired to pension on 6 July 1921.

Sold with further research including copied service record.