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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 93

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Chas. E. Tooley, Ord., H.M.S. Ranger.), toned, good very fine

Charles Edward Tooley was born on 4 December 1867 at Dartmoor, Devon, and first served at the Devon training establishment Impregnable from 29 November 1883. Appointed Ordinary Seaman aboard Bacchante on 4 December 1885, he was promoted Able Seaman aboard Ranger and Leading Seaman aboard Defiance on 8 May 1896. An indication of the time spent in the Indian Ocean is given in his service record:

'Indian ink bracelets tattooed on both wrists.'

Tooley ended his career with the Royal Navy as a Rigger at Chatham Dockyard from 17 May 1898-6 January 1899. He later joined the Royal Naval Reserve at Devonport on 1 April 1907 and lived with his wife Florence in Plymouth; sold with copied service record and roll entry for the Third Burmese War.


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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£80