Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Domestic 1st Class W. A. House, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Cap. Cook, H.M.S. Inflexible), single initial ‘W.’; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Dom. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Victory), impressed naming, the last with slightly bent and slack suspension carriage, otherwise very fine and better (2) £200-250

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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William Alfred House was born in Portsmouth in July 1858 and entered the Royal Navy as a Domestic 3rd Class in March 1897. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Inflexible during the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, when he was employed as a Cook to Captain J. A. Fisher, R.N., afterwards the 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone in Norfolk. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1894, House was finally pensioned ashore in April 1902.