Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Brass River 1895 (G. Adams, Qd. Sign., H.M.S. Thrush) good very fine
£250-300

George Adams was born in Lambeth, Surrey on 27 May 1874. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on H.M.S. Impregnable on 4 October 1889 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in October 1890. He was promoted to Signalman when on Boadicea in May 1892 and a Qualified Signalman when on Grafton in November 1894. Pensioned in February 1903, he returned to service as a Signalman based at Victory I during the Great War, August 1914-May 1919. With copied service paper.