Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. J. Haley, Sigl. Boy, H.M.S. Agincourt) slack suspension claw, contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine £60-80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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William James Haley was born at Maker, Cornwall in July 1865 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1880. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Agincourt in the Egypt operations of 1882, was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1893 and was pensioned ashore as a Chief Yeoman of the Signals in September 1903. Having then enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve, he was recalled in August 1914 and served the remainder of the War in various appointments at Vivid, thereby qualifying for a single British War Medal 1914-20. He was demobilised in his old rate in May 1919.