Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (Act. Sub. Lieut. R. G. H. Henderson, R.N. H.M.S. Hermione) very fine £300-400

Admiral Sir Reginald Guy Hannam Henderson, G.C.B., Royal Navy, was born on 1 September 1881. He was educated as a Cadet in H.M.S. Britannia and joined the Navy as a Midshipman on 15 May 1897, being appointed to Hermione on the China station in April 1898. After service in China in 1900, he subsequently went with the Naval Mission to Greece in 1913; served European War 1914-19 (despatches, C.B.); Flag Captain, H.M.S. Hawkins, and Chief Staff Officer to C. in C. China 1919-21; on Staff of Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1923-25; commanded H.M.S. Furious, aircraft carrier, 1926-28; Naval A.D.C. to the King 1928-29; Naval Mission to Roumania 1929; Rear-Admiral Commanding aircraft carriers, 1931-33; Vice-Admiral 1933; Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy, 1934-39; K.C.B. 1936 and G.C.B. 1939; Admiral 1939; died on 2 May 1939.