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

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (W. H. Williams, Caulker, H.M.S. Serapis) contact marks and edge nicks, otherwise very fine £80-100

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 Henry Williams was born at Hartland, Devon in September 1847 and entered the Royal Navy as a Shipwright in February 1868. Appointed a Caulker’s Mate in H.M.S. London, the harbour store ship at Zanzibar in February 1876, he went on to witness active service in the Egypt operations of 1884, in the Serapis. Williams was pensioned ashore in March 1888.