Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (203895 W. H. Wray, A.B. H.M.S. Barham) good very fine £80-£120

William Henry Wray was born in Hessle, Yorkshire, on 11 September 1882 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class. Advanced Able Seaman on 28 November 1903, he served in H.M.S. Barham during the Somaliland 1908-10 campaign. Discharged to shore on 13 September 1912, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, and saw Great War service in H.M.S. Actaeon.