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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 383

(x) The mounted group of seven miniature dress medals worn by Rear-Admiral J. F. Grant-Dalton, Royal Navy

Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Coronation 1902; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, the first two of particularly fine quality, good very fine (7)


PROVENANCE:
Sotheby's, May 1989, Lot 356, when sold with the recipient's full-size awards.

John Foster Grant-Dalton was born in May 1873 and was appointed Midshipman in November 1888. Having witnessed active service off South Africa and Jubaland aboard H.M.S. Magicienne, he gained steady advancement and was serving as a Captain in H.M.S. Hannibal on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He later commanded the Crescent and Challenger and, in November 1918 was appointed Senior Naval Officer for Africa. Advanced to Rear-Admiral on his retirement in September 1924, Grant-Dalton died in August 1938; sold with copied research.


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Sold for
£70