Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Ordinary Seaman H. R. Saville, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (H. R. Saville, Ord: H.M.S. “Eclipse”.) ‘e’ of surname officially corrected; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Henry Robert Saville was born in Mitcham, Surrey, on 5 September 1863 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 17 June 1879. He spent seven days in cells in 1887, which explains his lack of a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and was shore pensioned on 31 December 1901.