Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Ward Room O.S. J. May, H.M.S. Britomart) officially impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £700-£900

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.

One of only 15 Canada General Service Medals awarded to H.M.S. Britomart.

James May was born in Stoke Damerel, Devon, on 1 October 1847 and joined H.M.S. Britomart on 25 April 1866. He was discharged on 9 February 1870 for passage on Barracouta, but re-enlisted on 1 January 1873 for service in H.M.S. Cadmus until 26 November 1874.

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