A Collection of Queen’s South Africa Medals to the Royal Navy 619
Approximately 110 medals awarded to H.M.S. Rambler. Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (A. G. Rowland. Lg. Sean. H.M.S. Rambler.) small impressed naming, minor
edge bruise, good very fine 620 Three: Leading Seaman H. T. Phillips, Royal Navy
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. [sic] T. Phillips, A.B., H.M.S. Rattler.) large impressed naming; British War and Victory Medals (182412 H. T. Phillips. L.S. R.N.) one digit of number on BWM officially corrected, good very fine (3)
£200-£240
Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. Just 76 Queen’s South Africa Medals were awarded to the ship’s company of H.M.S. Rattler, all of them without clasp.
Harry Thomas Phillips was born in Godalming, Surrey, on 13 December 1878, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 25 January 1895. Promoted Able Seaman on 16 May 1899, he served in H.M.S. Rattler from 27 February 1901 to 18 September 1903, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 15 November 1904. He was shore discharged on 24 June 1905, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was recalled for Great War service on 14 December 1915, and was shore demobilised on 15 May 1919.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (193643 J. E. Wallis, A.B., H.M.S. Redbreast) small impressed naming, contact marks, nearly very fine
£100-£140
Provenance: Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, October 1996. Just 83 Queen’s South Africa Medals were awarded to the ship’s company of H.M.S. Redbreast, all of them without clasp.
James Edward Wallis was born in Madron, Cornwall, on 1 July 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 13 May 1897. Advanced Able Seaman on 17 September 1899, he served in H.M.S. Redbreast from 19 March 1900 to 22 August 1903, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 6 December 1901. Advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 1 April 1904, he was promoted to Acting Boatswain on 18 August 1914.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (T. Sellen, Ch: Sto: H.M.S. Sappho) small impressed naming, good very fine £100-£140
Thomas Sellen was born in Rochester, Kent, on 11 May 1862, and joined the Royal Navy on 13 January 1883. Advanced Chief Stoker on 28 October 1895, he served in H.M.S. Sappho from 18 August to 18 September 1900. Shore pensioned on 15 June 1903, he was recalled for Great War service on 2 August 1914, and served in various shore based establishments, until being shore demobilised on 22 April 1919.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Long. Siglmn: H.M.S. Sybille) small impressed naming, edge bruising and contact marks, good fine
£80-£120
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Wingate, Ch: Sto: H.M.S. Tartar) small impressed naming, good very fine
£100-£140 Approximately 195 medals awarded to H.M.S. Tartar.
William Wingate was born in Barking, London, on 10 July 1860, and joined the Royal Navy on 20 August 1878. Advanced Leading Stoker on 1 January 1895, he served in H.M.S. Tartar from 19 May 1898 to 7 March 1901, and was promoted Chief Stoker on 3 March 1899. He was shore pensioned on 16 July 1901, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was recalled for Great War service on 2 August 1914, and served in H.M.S. Brilliant from 1 April to 23 September 1915, with the rest of the War spent borne on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke II. He was shore demobilised on 4 March 1919.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. H. Fitch, Sto., H.M.S. Terpsichore.) large impressed naming, very fine £120-£160
William Henry Fitch was born in London on 15 January 1874, and joined the Royal Navy on 2 February 1893. He served in H.M.S. Terpsichore from 6 February 1901 to 7 February 1905, and was advanced Stoker 1st Class on 1 July 1906. He died of septic poisoning in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, on 5 January 1916, whilst still in service, and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Plymouth (Ford Park) Cemetery.
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Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Caleiro, Dom., H.M.S. Thetis) small impressed naming, minor edge bruising, good very fine
£80-£120 £100-£140
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