Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (277415 C. Hatch, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Diana.) nearly extremely fine £140-£180

Christopher Hatch was born in Malahide, Dublin, on 1 August 1871 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 16 July 1894. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 July 1906, he served in H.M.S. Diana from 6 November 1906 to 3 February 1911, and his service papers record him as having ‘Run’ from H.M.S. Dartmouth on 3 October 1913.