Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (H. Baker, Admls. Cook, H.M.S. Minotaur) minor contact marks, otherwise good very fine £100-120

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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Henry Baker was born in Jersey in August 1851 and entered the Royal Navy as a Domestic 2nd Class in January 1873. In his subsequent career of some 20 years, his sole experience of active service was as a Domestic 1st Class - and more specifically as cook to Vice-Admiral Sir William Dowell, K.C.B. - aboard H.M.S. Minotaur during the Egypt operations of 1882, an exacting role that undoubtedly ran the risk of the occasional broadside. Baker, who was also awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1887, was pensioned ashore in May 1894.