Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chief Sick Berth Steward O. Fearnley, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (O. Fearnley. S.B. Std. H.M.S. Alecto.); British War Medal 1914-20 (137407 O. Fearnley. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Owen Fearnley, Sk. Bth. Stewd., H.M.S. Gladiator.) with Silver War Badge (RN34623) light contact marks overall, otherwise generally very fine (3) £260-£300

Approximately 51 ‘Sierra Leone 1898-99’ clasps to H.M.S. Alecto.

Owen Fearnley was born in Mile End, London in June 1870. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1886. Fearnley was posted as a Sick Berth Attendant to Haslar Hospital in June 1888, and he advanced to Sick Berth Steward in June 1893. Subsequent service included in H.M.S. Alecto, March 1897 - April 1898 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in October 1907). Fearnley served the entirety of the Great War as a Chief Sick Berth Steward at Chatham Naval Hospital, and was eventually invalided from service.