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

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. H. Fryer, Chief Qr. Mr., H.M.S. Hector), engraved naming, edge nicks, 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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James H. Fryer was born at Alverstoke, Hampshire in January 1831 and entered the Royal Navy as a “Supernumerary Mariner” aboard the revenue cruiser H.M.S. Governor. He does not appear to have witnessed any active service in his subsequent career of 21 years, but was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in May 1875, while serving aboard the Hector, which vessel acted as the Queen’s Guardship at Cowes each year. Fryer was pensioned ashore in June 1876.