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An impressive collection of Naval medals and memorabilia from three generations of the Jeffery family
Four: Captain of the Forecastle R. Jeffery, Royal Navy, wounded at Gate Pa, 22 April 1864 BALTIC 1854-55 (Rd. Jeffery, H.M.S. Tyne) engraved naming, with silver brooch bar; CHINA 1857-60, 2 clasps, Canton 1857, Taku Forts 1860 (Rd. Jeffery, H.M.S. Algerine) engraved naming, with silver brooch bar; NEW ZEALAND 1845-66, reverse dated ‘1863 to 1864’ (R. Jeffery, A.B., H.M.S. Esk) officially impressed naming, with ornate silver brooch bar; ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Richd. Jeffery, Capt. F Castle S.G. H.M.S. Hercules 20 Yrs.) engraved naming, some contact marks
Pair: Warrant Victualling Officer T. W. Jeffery, Royal Navy BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Wt. V.O., R.N.)
Six: Ordnance Artificer 1st Class A. D. Jeffery, Royal Navy, who served on H.M.S. Exeter at the battle of the River Plate
1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; BURMA STAR, clasp, Pacific;WARMEDAL 1939-45, with two M.I.D. oak leaf emblems on ribbon, these unnamed; ROYALNAVY L.S.&G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (M.39466 O.A.2, H.M.S. Kenya) mounted as worn, very fine and better (lot)
£2000-2500
Richard Jeffery was born in Brompton, Devon on 11 February 1832. He originally volunteered for 10 years continuous and general service in the Royal Navy on 10 April 1852. As an Able Seaman he served on the Tyne, April 1853-July 1857, seeing service in the Baltic during the conflict with Russia, and on the Algerine, March 1857-December 1861, seeing service in the China War of 1857-60. After service on the Acteon, January-June 1862 and Excellent, June 1862-May 1863, he was posted for service on the Esk, May 1863- October 1867, during which time he saw active service with the Naval Brigade during the Maori Wars, being slightly wounded in the action at Gate Pa, 22 April 1864. After service on the Excellent, October 1867-October 1868, he was posted to the Hercules with the rating of Captain of the Forecastle, November 1868-August 1872. Jeffery was then posted to the Asia as an Able Seaman until his release from service in February 1891.
Medals to Richard Jeffery with original parchment Certificates of Service (2); other copied service papers; research re Gate Pa and seven associated photographs, including one of Richard Jeffery in Malta during 1902.
Thomas William Jeffery was born in Portsea on 9 September 1877, the son of Richard and Susan Jeffery. Thomas William was educated at the Greenwich Hospital School and then followed his father to the sea, volunteering for the Royal Navy on 5 September 1892 as a Ship’s Steward Boy. He was rated as Ship’s Steward Assistant in September 1895 when on Katooba and Ship’s Steward in February 1900 when on Cambridge. His next ship was the Phoenix, February 1900-May 1903, during which time he saw active service in the China War of 1900, for which he was awarded the China Medal without clasp (not with lot). At the same rating he served in the early years of the Great War, firstly on Victory, April 1914-October 1917 and then on Hyacinth, October-November 1917. In November 1917 he was promoted to Acting Warrant Steward and on 9 November 1918 he was appointed Warrant Victualling Officer.
Medals to Thomas William Jeffery with original school certificate; parchment Certificate of Service; Warrant of appointment to W.V.O.; Certificates of Qualification (2) as Ship’s Steward Assistant and Ship’s Steward; Certificate For Ship’s Steward (6); Admiralty Appointment papers (5); Certificates of Service as Victualling Officer (7); Handbook of Naval Cookery 1914; together with a quantity of associated photographs.
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