Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Brass River 1895, Benin 1897 (C. E. Sedgwick, Actg. E.R.A. 4 Cl., H.M.S. Barrosa.) good very fine £300-£400

Charles Edwin Sedgwick was born on 20 January 1873 at Chatham, Kent into a naval family. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 4 April 1894 stating his prior occupation as Engine Smith. He served initially aboard Pembroke in harbour and Wye before serving in Barrosa from December 1894 and September 1897, during which time he qualified for the East and West Africa Medal with clasps for Brass River 1895 and Benin 1897. He was advanced to Class 3 E.R.A. on 3 April 1897 before returning to Pembroke II (Chatham Barracks) from September 1897 to August 1898. He was discharged dead from typhoid fever on 16 August 1898.

The recipient’s father, also Charles Sedgwick, served as an Engine Room Artificer aboard H.M.S. Superb during the Egypt Campaign of 1882 earning the Egypt Medal with clasps for Alexandria 11th July and Tel-el-Kebir and the Naval Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Sold with copied record of service.