Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer A. C. Wray, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (A. C. Wray, Ordy. H.M.S. Inconstant; East and West Africa 1887-1900, for Mwele 1895, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (A. C. Wray, C.P.O. H.M.S. St George.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (A. C. Wray, C.P.O., H.M.S. Blake.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, mounted as worn, edge bruising and contact marks but generally nearly very fine (4) £400-£500

Arthur Charles Wray was born at Gillingham, Kent, on 6 February 1864, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on board Boscawen on 18 February 1879, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in March 1880. He joined Inconstant in August 1881, being advanced to Ordinary Seaman in February 1882 and serving in this ship during the Egyptian war of 1882. Whilst serving in Blake, February 1892 to May 1895, he gained Chief Petty Officer status and received his L.S. & G.C. medal. He joined St George in June 1895 and was present during the operations against Mwele in August 1895. He served in Penelope from August to November 1896 but then rejoined St George and was present in her during the operations in Benin in 1897, being actively engaged as part of the Flying Column in the operations against Benin City. He was shore Pensioned on 11 February 1902, joined the Royal Fleet Reserve at Portsmouth in July 1902, and continued serving as a Chief Petty Officer Pensioner until 31 March 1906. Recalled for service again on 2 August 1914 he was again discharged to Shore on ‘Reduction of Pensioners’ on 19 October 1914, this brief war service gaining entitlement to the British War Medal.

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