Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Hy. Bell. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard) impressed naming, edge nicks, very fine £100-£140

Charles Henry Bell was born in Devonport on 9 November 1850 and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 3 July 1865. Posted to Galatea, Royal Adelaide, Hector and Northampton, he took part in operations against Chinese pirates aboard the wooden screw corvette Thalia in March 1872. Returned home to the Devonport Gunnery School, he transferred in August 1878 to the Coast Guard and served as Boatman at Langstone Harbour near Portsmouth, and later lived at Coastguard Cottage, Lumps Lane, Portsea, before being shore pensioned on 25 November 1888.

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