A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman
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Pair: Gunner G. W. Arnold, Royal Marine Artillery
ASHANTEE 1873-74, no clasp (G. W. Arnold, Gunr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Active, 73-74); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow
suspension (Geo. W. Arnold, Gunner, 9th Co. R.M.A.), initial officially corrected on the first, contact marks and edge
bruising, otherwise generally very fine (2) £300-350
George William Arnold was born in Rotherhithe, Surrey in November 1849 and entered the Royal Marine Artillery in November 1870.
Appointed a Gunner in August of the following year, he served in H.M.S. Active during the Ashantee operations of 1873-74, was
awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1880, and was pensioned ashore in November 1891; sold with copied service record.
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An unusual group of seven awarded to Captain S.E. Forster, Royal Navy, a veteran of the Egypt 1882 operations who
added a 1914 Star to his accolades for services as a Transport Officer, together with the Belgian Order of Leopold I
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (S. E. Forster, Midn., R.N., H.M.S. Temeraire);
1914 STAR (Capt. S. E. Forster, R.N., Transport Staff); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. S. E. Forster, R.N.); CORONATION
1911; BELGIUM, ORDER OF LEOPOLD I, Officer’s breast badge, with swords, silver-gilt and enamel; KHEDIVE’S STAR 1882, the
third with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine or better (7) £700-900
Stewart Evelyn Forster was born in Wellington, New Zealand in December 1866 and entered the Royal Navy in the training ship
Britannia in July 1881, aged 15 years. Shortly afterwards present in H.M.S. Temeraire at the bombardment of Alexandria, he enjoyed
varied service and advancement in the period leading up the Great War, being placed on the Retired List as a Captain in October 1913.
Quickly recalled in August 1914, he was awarded his 1914 Star in respect of services as a Divisional Naval Transport Officer at Calais,
in which post he remained employed until removing to the Immingham base Wallington in March 1917, services that resulted in the
award of his Belgian Order of Leopold (London Gazette 22 June 1917 refers), in addition to a mention in despatches (London Gazette 4
January 1917 refers). His final wartime appointment, from June 1918, was as Deputy Superintendent and King’s Harbour Master at
Pembroke. Forster died in August 1937, aged 70 years; sold with a file of research.
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A Great War M.S.M. group of four awarded to Chief Yeoman of the Signals W. Thomas, Royal Navy, a veteran of the
Witu 1890 operations
EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (W. Thomas, Lg. Sign., H.M.S. Turquoise); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914
-20 (121401 W. Thomas, C.Y.S., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. Thomas, Yeo. of Sig., H.M.
S. Terror); ROYAL NAVY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (121401 W. Thomas, Ch. Yeo. Sigs., “Victory”, Services
During War), very fine or better (4) £600-700
William Thomas was born in Kidwell, Carmarthen in August 1866 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1882.
Advanced to Leading Signalman in December 1888, while serving in H.M.S. Turquoise, he participated in the Witu operations of 1890,
and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1898, while serving as a Yeoman of the Signals in the Terror. Having then been
pensioned ashore as a Chief Yeoman of the Signals in September 1904, Thomas enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve, and was mobilised
in August 1914, when appointed to the Portsmouth base Victory I. And he remained similarly employed for the duration of hostilities,
services that resulted in the award of his M.S.M. (London Gazette 11 June 1919 refers). He was demobilised in November 1919; sold
with copied service record and medal roll entry.
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