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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 310

East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Benin 1897 (W.T. Saxby, Ar. Mate, H.M.S. Magpie.), first letter of surname overstruck, light contact marks, good very fine

173336 Armourer William Thomas Saxby, born Devonport, February 1870; enlisted in the Royal Navy, April 1893, and served as Armourer's Crew in H.M.S. Cambridge; promoted Armourer's Mate, April 1896; transferred to H.M.S. Magpie, April 1896; promoted Armourer, April 1810; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Diana, June 1914 to September 1917, and H.M.S. Blake, January 1918 to October 1919; discharged, 25.10.1919.

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