Auction Catalogue

14 April 2021

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№ 600

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14 April 2021

Hammer Price:
£170

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (310960 G. Baxter, Act. Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Proserpine.) contact marks, worn in parts, nearly very fine £80-£120

George Edwin Baxter was born in Plumstead, Kent, on 5 March 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker on 7 October 1904. Advanced Acting Stoker Petty Officer on 19 June 1908, he joined H.M.S. Proserpine on 22 September 1908, and served in her during the operations in Somaliland, being advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 March 1909. He saw further service during the Great War in H.M.S. Royal Sovereign from 18 April 1916 to 30 August 1919, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 October 1919, and was shore pensioned on 20 June 1922.