Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (H. J. Dimery, Captn. Mast.) edge nicks and contact marks, otherwise very fine £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Henry James Dimery was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in June 1860 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1876. He subsequently witnessed active service in Egypt, having been detached from H.M.S. Monarch to the Nile Flotilla for the period 1884-85, and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1889 while serving as a Boatman in H.M. Coast Guard. Dimery was finally pensioned ashore as a Commissioned Boatman in November 1900 and, although briefly recalled in August 1914 as a member of the Royal Fleet Reserve, was immediately discharged as medically unfit.