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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 62

East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (279741 Sto: D.J. Phillips, H.M.S. Fox), minor edge bruising, very fine

279741 Leading Stoker Second Class David James Phillips, born Letterstone, Pembroke, May 1874; joined the Royal Navy as Stoker Second Class, June 1895; transferred to H.M.S. Fox, April 1896; promoted Stoker, July 1896; transferred to H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, July 1899; promoted Leading Stoker Second Class, serving in H.M.S. Exmouth, July 1904; died of sudden heart failure in Haslar Hospital, September 1904.

Approximately 87 ´Sierra Leone 1898-99´ clasp awards to H.M.S. Fox.

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Sold for
£350