Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Writer First Class G. F. Howard, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1884 (G. F. Howard. Writer. 2. Cl: H.M.S .”Euryalus”.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geo. F. Howard, Writer 1st. Cl. H.M.S. Durham.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued; together with the named lids of the card boxes of issue for both the Egypt Medal and the LS&GC, minor edge nicks, good very fine (3) £240-£280

George F. Howard was born in Chelsea, London, on 28 June 1846 and joined the Royal Navy as a Writer Third Class on 9 April 1867. Promoted Writer Second Class on 7 April 1872, he served in H.M.S. Euryalus from 19 August 1882 until being paid off from that ship on 23 July 1885, seeing active service in Egypt and Sudan, and was advanced Writer First Class on 1 March 1883. He served next in H.M.S. Durham from 4 September 1885; pensioned on 2 October 1888, he was permitted to remain in H.M.S. Durham as a Pensioner Writer, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 November 1888. He was advanced Chief Writer Pensioner in H.M.S. Durham on 1 January 1889, and was finally discharged to shore by Order of the Admiralty on 7 June 1891.

Sold with the recipient’s three original Parchment Certificates of Service, all housed in original cloth envelope; and the Parchment Certificate of Service and Gunnery and Torpedo History Sheet relating to Thomas George Howard (presumably the recipient’s son).