The John Chidzey Collection

Pair: Engineer Captain D. Griffin, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (D. Griffin, Engr., R.N., H.M.S. “Minotaur”); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, very fine (2) £240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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Daniel William Cross Griffin was born in Clerkenwell in 1855. Appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Royal Navy on 23 September 1876 and promoted to Engineer in September 1891; Senior Engineer in January 1894; Fleet Engineer in January 1898; Engineer Commander in January 1904 and Engineer Captain in August 1908. Captain Griffin retired from the Royal Navy on 29 June 1911 and lived at 10 Portland Terrace, Southsea, Hampshire. He died on 24 December 1926. With copied service notes and other research.