Campaign Groups and Pairs 169 Pair: Leading Seaman G. Heath, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (G. Heath, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Forte); Africa General Service 1902 -56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (183377 G. Heath, Lg. Sea, H.M.S. Barham.) edge knock to first, contact marks, nearly very fine (2)
£220-£260
George Heath was born at Temple Bisham, Cookham, Buckinghamshire, on 8 April 1880 and entered naval service as a Boy 2nd Class on 22 April 1895, serving in H.M.S. Forte from 1 December 1896 to 8 June 1897. Promoted Leading Seaman on 3 June 1907, he served in H.M.S. Barnham from 18 February 1908 to 19 March 1910. He spent the Great War in H.M.S. Yarmouth.
170 Pair: Master at Arms T. Westell, H.M. Yacht Osborne, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (Thos. Westell, M.A.A., H.M.S. Turquoise.); Royal Navy L.S. & G. C., V.R., narrow suspension (Thos. Westell, M.A.A., H.M.Y. Osborne.) impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine (2)
£220-£260
Thomas Westell was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, on 9 August 1855 and entered naval service on 1 January 1873 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Himalaya. He served in H.M.S. Turquoise from 27 September 1877 to 25 June 1891, as Master at Arms, to which rate he was appointed on 11 September 1887, despite spending time in Lewes Gaol early on in his service. He served as such in H.M. Y. Osborne, the Royal Yacht, from 21 June 1894, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 June 1895, remaining in the Royal Yacht until he was pensioned on 7 January 1899.
171 Pair: Chief Petty Officer G. R. Hawking, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (G. R. Hawking, A. B., H.M.S. Turquoise.); Royal Navy L.S. & G. C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. R. Hawking, C.P.O., H.M.S. Cambrian.), good very fine (2)
£240-£280
George Richard Hawking was born in Cornwall on 17 November 1869 and entered naval service on 19 November 1885 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Lion, being drafted as a Boy 1st Class to H.M.S. Turquoise on 29 September 1887, serving in her until 25 June 1891. Having been awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Cambrian on 28 January 1903, he was pensioned as a Chief Petty Officer from H.M.S. Defiance in November 1909. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve, he served in H.M. Ships Halycon, Defiance and Apollo during the Great War.
172 Three: Petty Officer H. Rowe, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (H. Rowe, A.B., H.M.S. Philomel.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. Rowe, P.O. 1st Cl: H.M.S. Doris); British War Medal 1914-20 (138443 H. Rowe. P.O. R.N.) nearly very fine or better (3)
£280-£320
Henry Andrews was born in St Andrews, Devon, on 2 December 1870 and entered naval service on 6 September 1886 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. Promoted Able Seaman on 9 September 1890, he served as such in H.M.S. Philomel from 10 November 1891 to 30 November 1894 and in H.M.S. Doris from 18 November 1897, latterly as a Petty Officer 1st Class, to which rate he was promoted on 1 October 1899. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 February 1902, and spent most of the Great War at the shore base H.M.S. Vivid.
173 Three: Plumber C. Colling, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin River 1894 (C. Colling, Plumber, H.M.S. Phoebe.); British War Medal 1914-20 (110931 C. Colling. Pbr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Colling, Plumber, H. M.S. Phoebe.) impressed naming, very fine (3)
£280-£320
Charles Colling was born in Devonport on 12 October 1859 and entered naval service on 24 February 1880 in H.M.S. Indus, serving as a Plumber in H.M.S. Phoebe from 1 December 1892 to 21 January 1896. He was pensioned from H.M.S. Vivid II on 24 February 1900 and served briefly during the Great War at H.M.S. Vivid II between 2 August and 19 October 1914.
174 Five: Carpenter F. G. Cole, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (F. G. Cole, Car. Crew, H.M.S. St. George.) with minor official corrections; 1914-15 Star (173815, F. G. Cole, Cpr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (173815 F. G. Cole. Cpr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (173815 F. G. Cole, Cooper, H.M.S. Sappho) generally good very fine (5)
£200-£240
Frederick George Cole was born at Weymouth on 14 July 1872 and entered naval service on 29 June 1893, serving in H.M.S. St George from 14 January 1896 to 10 February 1898. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 September 1908, he served in H.M.S. Monarch for most of the Great War, before he was demobilised to shore on 31 April 1920.
175 Three: Shipwright G. T. Passell, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (G. T. Passell, Shipt., H.M.S. St. George..); China 1900, no clasp (G. T. Passell, Shipt., H.M.S. Centurion); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. T. Passell, Shipwt., H.M. S. St. George.) contact marks, generally very fine or better (3)
£300-£400
George Thomas Passell was born on 14 September 1853 and entered naval service on 7 February 1876, serving in H.M.S. St George from 6 October 1894 to 18 February 1898 as a Shipwright and, again, as such, in H.M.S. Centurion from 30 September 1899 to 31 December 1900. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 April 1901.
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