Campaign Groups and Pairs 178 Five: Leading Seaman W. Covington, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (W. Covington, Ord., H.M.S. Satellite.) suspension repaired; 1914-15 Star (166910, W. Covington, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (166910 W. Covington. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (166910 Wm. Covington, A.B., H.M.S. Dominion.) suspension virtually detached on last, apart from where stated generally good very fine (5)
£240-£280
William Covington was born in Bedford on 16 November 1875 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 May 1892. He served in H.M.S. Satellite from 9 January 1894 to 6 August 1897, and was advanced Able Seaman on 4 February 1895. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 November 1908, he was advanced Leading Seaman on 30 May 1911, and remained in service until he was shore demobilised on 5 May 1919.
179 Five: Stoker Petty Officer F. W. Stevens, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (F. W. Stevens, Sto. H.M.S. Philomel.); 1914-15 Star (276320, F. W. Stevens, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (276320 F. W. Stevens, S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (276320 F. W. Stevens. Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Leander.) contact marks, generally very fine and better (5) £240-£280
Frederick William Stevens was born in Kingstown, Dublin, on 3 November 1874, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 13 March 1894. He served in H.M.S. Philomel from 1 December 1894 to 17 March 1897, and was promoted Stoker on 1 August 1896. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 May 1909. Admitted to the Royal Naval Hospital at Plymouth as a ‘dangerous lunatic’ on 31 March 1915, he was invalided out of the service to pension on 5 April of that year.
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Four: Saddler Sergeant H. Winton, 21st Lancers, late 3rd Dragoon Guards, who took part in the celebrated Charge at Omdurman, 2 September 1898
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3032. Sad. Sgt: H. Winton. 21/L’crs.); Army Meritorious Service Medal,
E.VII.R. (Sdlr: Sjt: H. Winton. 21/Lancers); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1117. Saddr. H. Winton. 3rd. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3023 [sic] S. Serg H. Winton 21st. Lcrs.) contemporarily engraved naming in the usual Regimental style, surname partially corrected on last, good very fine (4)
£2,400-£2,800
H. Winton served with the 21st Lancers in the Sudan, and is confirmed as having taken part in the famous Charge at Omdurman as part of Captain W. M. Doyne’s “C” Squadron on 2 September 1898. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal, together with an Annuity of £10, on 8 July 1910, and died in 1922.
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Three: Private E. Long, Rifle Brigade, who died of disease at Ladysmith on 25 March 1900
Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3780. Pte. E. Long. 2/R: Bde.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (3780 Pte. E. Long, Rifle Brigade); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (3)
£400-£500
Ernest Long attested for the Rifle Brigade and served with the 2nd Battalion in the Sudan, and subsequently in South Africa during the Boer War, where he died of enteric fever at Ladysmith on 25 March 1900.
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