Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Witu 1890 (G. C. Marris, A.B. H.M.S. Kingfisher.) minor edge nick, good very fine £180-£220

George Clarke Marris was born in Market Rasen, Lincolnshire, on 5 July 1869, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 18 July 1885. He served in H.M.S. Kingfisher from 23 February 1888 to 5 August 1891, including the operations against the Sultan of Witu in October 1890, and was advanced Able Seaman on 1 July 1888. He was invalided out of the service on 7 October 1898.