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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 60

Ashantee 1873-74, no clasp (W. M. Welman, Car: Crew. H.M.S. Amethyst. 73-74), minor contact marks to obverse, very fine

William Michael Welman was born on 21 December 1851 at Devonport, the son of Joseph F. Welman of Ordnance Street, Stoke Damerel, Devonport. A young man 'pitted with small pox,' Wellman enlisted into the Royal Navy on 28 March 1873, serving as Caulker's Mate and Carpenter's Crewman aboard Amethyst from 7 July 1873-7 June 1878. Promoted Shipwright aboard Implacable on 21 May 1880, Welman later served aboard a wide variety of vessels and shore bases including Cambridge, Indus, Agincourt and the training ship Lion. Discharged at Lambeth on 25 July 1904, Welman died on 6 March 1932, his last address recorded as 37 St. George's Terrace, Devonport; sold with copied service papers and research.

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Sold for
£240

Starting price
£170