Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Frederick J. Akhurst, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (F. J. Akhurst. Boy. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Rattlesnake. 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (F. J. Akhurst, Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard.) very fine and better (2) £200-£240

Frederick James Akhurst was born at Sheerness, Kent, on 13 January 1856. He joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 August 1870. He served aboard Rattlesnake from August 1873 to January 1874, was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in June 1874, and to Able Seaman in January 1880. He transferred to H.M. Coast Guard in August 1885 and received his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 August 1891. He died suddenly on 6 May 1904, in a boat at Chatham from Heart Disease.

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