Orders, Decorations and Medals

Abyssinia 1867 (J. Thomas, Capns. Cook H.M.S. Nymphe) good very fine £200-250

Joseph Thomas was born at Plymouth on 6 April 1845, and entered the Royal Navy as a Cook on 6 June 1863, aged 18 years 2 months. He served as Captain’s Cook aboard the Edgar from June 1863 to December 1865; as Ward Room Cook aboard the Topaze to February 1866; as Captain’s Cook on the Liverpool to August 1867; and as Captain’s Cook on the Nymphe until 25 January 1870, when he was discharged to Daphne for passage to England at his own request.