Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant-Commander D. F. W. Seaman, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Brunei (Lieut. D. F. W. Seaman. R.N.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (Lieut. D. F. W. Seaman. R.N.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £600-£800

Alan Hall Collection, June 2000.

Donald Frederick William Seaman was appointed a Midshipman in the supply and secretariat branch of the Royal Navy in January 1957. Having then continued his studies at the R.N.C. College Greenwich, he was confirmed as a Sub-Lieutenant and joined the cruiser H.M.S. Lion in January 1960. In 1962 he joined the frigate Woodbridge Haven as a Lieutenant in the Far East, in which capacity he served in the inshore squadrons off Brunei and Borneo in 1962-63. On his promotion to Lieutenant-Commander in June 1968, Seaman joined the Royal Naval Air Station Heron on the staff of the Flag Officer Naval Flying Training and, in September 1969, the frigate Argonaut as a supply officer. A stint of service ashore having followed, including his appointment as Secretary to the Commodore in Command at Devonport, he was seconded for service with the Bahama Government in 1978. He was placed on the Retired List on returning from this posting in 1980.