Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer First Class W. A. Moore, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb (W. A. Moore, A.B. H.M.S. Dryad); British War Medal 1914-20 (90825 W. A. Moore, P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. A. Moore, P.O. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Dreadnought) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884, unnamed as issued, pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine; the BWM better (4) £300-£400

Captain K. J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997.

William Moore was born in Thurleston, Devon, on 24 October 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 13 March 1875. Advanced Able Seaman on 1 August 1880, he served in H.M.S. Dryad from 18 December 1883 to 10 November 1884, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 5 February 1889. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 August 1895, and was shore pensioned on 4 November 1897. Recalled for service on 2 August 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Pomone from September 1914 until demobilised on 21 October 1919.

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