Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals R. W. Williams, Royal Navy

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (R. W. Williams. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Philomel”); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. W. Williams, Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Northumberland”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, medals contained in a small glass fronted display case, very fine (3) £700-£900

Robert William Williams joined the Royal Navy as a Surgeon on 1 October 1872. As Surgeon of Philomel he served with the Laroot field force during operations against the Malays in 1875 (Perak Medal and Clasp). As Surgeon of Boxer he was present during the Niger expedition of 1877, when several piratical villages were destroyed, and severe punishment inflicted on the river pirates. He was Surgeon of the Northumberland during the Egyptian war of 1882 (Egyptian Medal, Khedive’s Bronze Star). Williams retired on 10 January 1902 with the customary promotion to Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals.