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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 624

Four: Chief Petty Officer D. J. Fitzgerald, Royal Navy, late Commanding Boatman, Coast Guard

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (D. J. Fitzgerald. Ord: H.M.S. "Inflexible".); British War Medal (106695 D. J. Fitzgerald. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (D. J. Fitzgerald, Commd. Boatn. H.M. Coastguard); Khedive's Star, bronze, unnamed as issued, first pitted from Star, the second with officially re-impressed naming, nearly very fine

David Joseph Fitzgerald was born on 1 May 1862 at Dromin, Limerick and a dairy boy by trade upon his enlistment in September 1879. Having served aboard Inflexible during the Egypt operations, he transferred to the Coast Guard in October 1889, serving initially upon Cornish stations under the Weymouth command. Having been a Boatman at Penzance and Pendean, he was transferred to Southern command and promoted Chief Boatman and Commanding Boatman, seeing service at Chideoc and Lyme Regis, June 1903-October 1904. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 4 February 1904. Following a brief spell on Scottish command stations, he joined North Irish command, serving two spells at Cloaghy, January-July 1914 and November 1914-September 1916. He joined the shore establishement President IV in October 1916 and was invalided from the service on 19 May 1917, aged 55.

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