Auction Catalogue

17 August 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 277

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17 August 2021

Hammer Price:
£500

Four: Paymaster Commander F. J. K. Melsome, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (F. J. K. Melsome, Clerk, H.M.S. Theseus.); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Payr. F. J. K. Melsome, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Commr. F. J. K. Melsome. R.N.) good very fine (4) £300-£400

Francis John Kingham Melsome entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk on 15 January 1896, and was promoted Clerk on 14 January 1897, and Assistant Paymaster on 23 March 1899. He served during the Great War initially in the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Doris, and was advanced Paymaster Commander on 25 October 1915.