Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Paymaster A. W. Davidson, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu August 1893 (A. W. Davidson. Ship’s Std., H.M.S. Swallow.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Cd. V.O. A. W. Davidson. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (A. W. Davidson. Sh. Stewd., H.M.S. Victorious) mounted court-style for display, light contact marks to the VR awards, very fine and better (3) £600-£800

Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.

Alfred William Davidson was born in Brixham, Devon, on 9 May 1868 and joined the Royal Navy as a Ship’s Steward Boy on 27 May 1883. Advanced Ship’s Steward on 13 March 1893, he served in H.M.S. Swallow from 14 April 1893 to 1 August 1896, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 June 1901. He was appointed Warrant Steward on 1 January 1910, and served during the Great War as a Commissioned Victualling Officer in H.M.S. Pembroke. He was advanced Commissioned Steward on 14 April 1917, and Paymaster on 7 August 1918.

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