Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (T. W. Clements, A.B., H.M.S. Goliath.) contact marks, minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine £140-£180

Thomas William Clements, a Messenger from Hackney, Middlesex, was born on 14 January 1875. He attested into the Royal Navy as a Boy on 18 March 1891, and was advanced Able Seaman on 14 October 1895. He served in H.M.S. Goliath during the China War of 1900 and later transferred into the Coast Guard on 30 August 1904. His L.S.G.C. was traced on 17 March 1914 and he served during the Great War in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Changuinola. Advanced Petty Officer on 3 September 1917, he was demobilised on 5 February 1919.

Sold with copied service papers.