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Auction: 16001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 64

Pair: Chief Stoker W. James, Royal Navy
Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (175914 Sto: W. James, H.M.S. Powerful.), impressed naming; Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (175914 William James, Ch. Stoker, H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh.), light contact marks, good very fine (2)

175914 Chief Stoker William James, born Shorwell, Isle of Wight, October 1873; joined the Royal Navy as Stoker Second Class, September 1893; promoted Stoker, H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, October 1894; transferred to H.M.S. Powerful, June 1897; served in the Boer War as part of the Naval Brigade that took part in the defence of Ladysmith; transferred to H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, June 1900; advanced Leading Stoker, First Class, September 1901; Stoker Petty Officer, July 1906; transferred to H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh, April 1908; promoted Chief Stoker, May 1908; awarded Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, September 1908; shore pensioned, December 1919.

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