Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer T. W. James, Royal Navy

Abyssinia 1867 (O.S. H.M.S. Spiteful) suspension claw lacking and crown now soldered directly to disc; Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (Lg. Seamn. H.M.S. Druid. 73-74); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Modeste) impressed naming, nearly very fine or better (3) £500-550

Thomas William James was born on 13 August 1849, at Landport, Hampshire, and joined the navy on his eighteenth birthday. After service in the Abyssinian and Ashantee campaigns, he re-engaged for a further 10 years in August 1877, at which time he was a Quarter Master serving aboard the Modeste, and in which ship he shortly afterwards received his L.S. & G.C. medal. Petty Officer James was invalided to Haslar Hospital on 4 September 1885. Sold with copies of relevant medal roll entries and service record.