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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 86

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (T. Williams, Band. Cpl., H.M.S. Hyacinth.), contact marks and edge wear, otherwise very fine

Thomas Williams was born at Brighton, Sussex on 27 September 1868 and enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Band Boy (123074) on 25 April 1883. He served on Hyacinth from September 1903- April 1906 and was Pensioned on 5 October 1906. Returning to the fold on 1 June 1915, he served on Impregnable until 3 May 1916, being invalided out as a result of defective teeth (British War Medal 1914-20 and a Silver War Badge).

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Estimate
£100 to £140

Starting price
£75