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

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ch. Gunr. C. H. Deighton, R.N., H.M.S. Monarch) very fine £140-160

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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Christopher Henry Deighton was born in London in March 1853 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1867. Appointed a Gunner, R.N. in April 1878, he went on to witness active service aboard H.M.S. Mosquito off Egypt in 1882 and aboard the Monarch as a Chief Gunner off South Africa during the Boer War. Deighton, who was commissioned as a Lieutenant in April 1903, was placed on the Retired List in August 1907 and was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander (Retired) in April 1911. He died in September 1926, aged 73 years.