Pair: Stoker Petty Officer F. A. Newcomb, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (296211 F. A. Newcomb, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Hyacinth:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (296211. F. A. Newcomb. Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Hyacinth.) very fine (2) £280-£340

Frederick Alfred Newcomb was born in Chatham, Kent, in October 1882. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in November 1900, and advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in June 1908. His service included with H.M.S. Hyacinth from 30 March 1909 to 25 April 1911. On the latter date he was ‘discharged dead’ in Port Said, due to typhoid.

Sold with two cabinet photographs of recipient in uniform, and letter of condolence written by H.M.S. Hyacinth’s Chaplain (Francis T. Robinson) informing the recipient’s wife of his death due to illness, dated 25 April 1911.