Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Sick Berth Steward H. W. Jones, Royal Navy

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (S.B. Attdt., H.M.S. Active, 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Sick Bth. Stewd., H.M.S. Flora), impressed naming, second initial on the last officially corrected, edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better (2) £180-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Harley William Jones was born in Portsmouth in November 1853 and entered the Royal Navy as a Sick Berth Attendant in October 1873, quickly witnessing active service aboard H.M.S. Active in the Ashantee operations of 1873-74. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1890, and advanced to Chief Sick Berth Steward (Wardmaster) in December 1890, he was pensioned ashore in October 1895.