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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 60

The South Africa Medal awarded to Commissioned Gunner G. Manley, H.M.S. Forester, Royal Navy

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (G. Manley. Gunr. R.N. H.M.S. "Forester"), nearly extremely fine

76 Medals with clasp '1879' awarded to H.M.S. Forester.

George Manley was born on 1 September 1855 at Hillingdon, Middlesex and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in March 1868. Commissioned Gunner in June 1878, he served aboard the composite screw gunboat Forester during the Zulu War and would have been kept busy: she was present in the Port Durnford action of 24 April 1879, when their rockets and guns were used to great effect. Her gunners were also busy on 13 May 1879, when called upon to clear and harass enemy forces who had dug in along the brush and beaches.

Manley was discharged dead at Plymouth Naval Hospital on 23 July 1884; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£700 to £900

Starting price
£700