Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Stoker J. Fairman, Royal Navy

China 1900, 1 clasp, Taku Forts (283145 Sto., H.M.S. Whiting); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1900, 1 clasp, Natal (283145 Sto., H.M.S. Terrible); 1914-15 Star Trio (283145 Sto.1 R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine (5) £200-250

Only 245 Taku Forts as single clasps issued, all to the Royal Navy, of which 55 were issued to H.M.S. Whiting. The medal rolls note that Fairman received duplicate medals for China and South Africa.