Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer First Class J. W. Burch, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884 (J. W. Burch, Boy 1.Cl: H.M.S. “Alexandra”); British War Medal 1914-20 (113739 J. Burch. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (J. W. Burch, P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Crescent.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, nearly very fine; the BWM better (4) £400-£500

Joseph William Burch was born in Hull, Yorkshire, on 10 July 1865 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 28 October 1880. He served in H.M.S. Alexandra from 30 June 1882 to 31 January 1883, and then in H.M.S. Carysfort from 1 February 1883 to 14 April 1884. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 7 November 1893, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 March 1901, and was shore pensioned on 28 July 1903, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for service on 14 July 1915, he served during the Great War borne on the books of H.M.S. Vivid until demobilised on 12 September 1919. He died in Hull in 1943.

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