The Upfill-Brown Collection

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (J. W. Oakley, Lg. Smn., H. M. S. Turquoise), very fine

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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J. W. Oakley was born 25 June 1865 at Bethnal Green, Middlesex and was by trade a waiter. He joined the Navy in June 1883 and was discharged as medically unfit on 17 June 1910. He was recalled at the outbreak of war in 1914 but was immediately discharged as unfit.