Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman W. Brockway, Royal Navy, one of 41 men from H.M.S. Orion to serve in the Naval Brigade at Tel-El-Kebir

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (W. Brockway, A.B., H.M.S. “Orion”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £220-£260

William Brockway was born in Portsea on 9 September 1858, entering naval service on 9 September 1876. He served in H.M.S. Orion between 1882-83 and was awarded the Tel-El-Kebir clasp for service in the Naval Brigade, one of 41 to the ship (208 to the Navy). He was invalided from Haslar on 5 December 1884.