The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals (Part 2)

Three: South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (D. S. Carnon, D. 1 Cl. H.M.S. “Euphrates”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (D. S. Carnon, Domestic 1st Cl. H.M.S. Tyne) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, nearly extremely fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Douglas-Morris Collection of Naval Medals.

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Douglas S. Carnon was born at Portsmouth on 19 March 1854 and joined the service as a College Servant aboard H.M.S. EXCELLENT, serving aboard her from 11 January 1869, until January 1872 in this most unusual ‘rate’. Still as a Domestic 2nd Class, he served next as Gun Room Servant and then as Captain's Steward aboard H.M.S. DART. He was drafted to H.M.S. EUPHRATES on 8 February 1877 where he was advanced to Domestic 1st Class in September 1878, and subsequently drafted to H.M.S. ORONTES during August 1881, where he earned a dated 1882 Egypt medal as Domestic 1st Class (Assistant Ship's Steward General Mess) until transferred to H.M.S. TYNE in January 1883, earning his LS & GC medal as Assistant Ship's Steward for General Mess on 19 September 1884, and the clasp for Suakin 1885. He was pensioned on 3 September 1895.