Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Leading Stoker W. H. White, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (W. H. White, Stkr. H.M.S. “Agincourt”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. H. White, Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Widgeon.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, suspension bar slightly bent on first, otherwise very fine (3) £160-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Egypt Medals to the Royal Navy.

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William H. White was born in Devonport on 15 March 1852 and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic Second Class on 1 January 1876. Transferring to Stoker Second Class on 1 April 1877, he was promoted Stoker on 1 July 1877, and served in H.M.S. Agincourt from 19 October 1880 to 30 September 1883, being present in that ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. Advanced Leading Stoker on 22 October 1886, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 June 1893, and was shore pensioned on 6 April 1895.

Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.