Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (N. T. Connolly, Flt. Surgn., H.M.S. Turquoise.) good very fine £400-£500

Nicholas Thomas Connolly was born in about 1839, became a L.R.C.S.I. in 1860 and entered the Royal Navy as an acting Assistant Surgeon on 8 October 1861. He served in a variety of ships and at Haslar Hospital before being promoted to Surgeon in the summer of 1873, and passing at the same time for Staff Surgeon 2nd Class. He was promoted to Fleet Surgeon on 25 September 1883, and served in this rank aboard Ajax and Hercules before being appointed to Turquoise on 14 September 1887. In Turquoise he served with the Naval Brigade under Vice-Admiral Hon. E. R. Freemantle in the punitive expedition against the Sultan of Witu in East Africa in October 1890 (Medal with clasp). After further service aboard Northampton and Thunderer he was appointed to President on 1 July 1893, where he served until his retirement on 11 February 1894, with the rank of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets. In the summer of 1918 Connolly was granted the degree of Doctor of Laws. He died at St Jean de Luz, France, on 10 February 1921, aged 82.

Sold with full record of service.