Royal National Lifeboat Institution, V.R., silver (Police Constable Henry Evans, Voted 2nd Feby. 1882) good very fine and rare to a policeman £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of R.W. Gould, MBE.

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Ex Watters Collection 1913.

Silver Medal Voted on 2nd February 1882: ‘To Mr William Norseworthy, Chief Officer of H.M. Coastguard at Carnarvon, and to Police Constable Henry Evans of Carnarvon, for putting off in an open boat, and, at great risk, saving five of the crew of the Brig “Fritz von Gadow” of Barth, Germany, which had capsized off Carnarvon during a whole gale from the W.S.W. on the 28th November 1881.’

Henry Evans, a native of Bangor, joined the Carnarvon Constabulary on 3 February 1880, aged 29. Whilst stationed at Carnarvon, he was disciplined for loss of temper while trying to control a crowd of unruly youths in October 1880. He was posted to Dolwyddelen in February 1882 and, in September of that year, without authority and in contradiction of his Sergeant’s orders, he went to Ffestiniog to arrest a prisoner, returning drunk. He was disciplined by the Chief Constable and permitted to resign, leaving the service on 4 November 1882. Sold with full research.