Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman (Pensioner) G. Freathy, Royal Navy

Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, no clasp, unnamed as issued; China 1857-60, no clasp, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (George Freathy, A.B. (Pensioner) H.M.S. Indus) impressed naming, minor edge bruises, generally very fine or better (4) £340-£400

George Freathy was born in Wilcove, Cornwall, in March 1837. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class in January 1854. Subsequent service included with H.M. Ships Gorgon from January to November 1854; Dauntless from November 1854 to March 1857; Belleisle from March 1857 to August 1859; and Impregnable from August to September 1859. Freathy advanced to Leading Seaman in September 1859, and to Captain of the Fore Top in June 1861. He advanced to Chief Petty Officer in April 1875, and served with H.M.S. Indus from August 1877 until September 1891 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in December 1881). Freathy was shore pensioned at 60 years of age in March 1898.

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