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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 175

Pair: Inspector-General, late Staff Surgeon R. S. P. Griffiths, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. S. P. Griffiths. Staff. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. "Orontes."); Khedive's Star 1882, very fine (2)

Richard Samuel Purnell Griffiths joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Surgeon in 1867. In March 1874 he was advanced to Surgeon and was promoted to Staff Surgeon in March 1879, at which rank he served aboard the Orontes during the campaign in Egypt and Sudan.

After that posting, Griffiths was for three years in Bermuda, whilst there he suffered a serious concussion in restraining a carriage. In August 1888 he was promoted to Fleet Surgeon and in October 1897, after a period on Half Pay, further promotion came to Deputy Inspector-General. In this rank he served at the Haslar and Malta Hospitals. Griffiths retired in December 1901, receiving the honorary step in rank to Inspector General and died on 24 February 1910.



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