Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (J. F. Lawson, A.B., H.M.S. Endymion.) light cut to edge, good very fine £180-£220

Joseph Frederick Lawson was born in Dartmouth on 21 August 1872 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 5 September 1887. He was advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Emerald on 21 December 1890, and was posted to H.M.S. Endymion on 1 July 1900, serving in her during the Boxer Rebellion. He was shore pensioned on 30 September 1912, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day, but was recalled for service during the Great War on 2 August 1914, serving in H.M.S. Severn during operations off the East African coast, and was present at the sinking of the Konigsberg in July 1915. He was finally discharged on 3 March 1919.

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