Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (A. Patmore, Sto: H.M.S. Thetis) very fine £70-£90

Alfred Patmore was born in Stanstead, Essex, on 20 May 1877 and entered naval service on 13 January 1897 as a Stoker 2nd Class; promoted Stoker, he served as such in H.M.S. Thetis from 1 July 1899 to 8 June 1901. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 January 1902, while serving in H.M.Y. Victoria and Albert. Recalled to service during the Great War, he spent it in H.M.S. Agincourt.