Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Stoker W. T. Baker, H.M.S. Terrible

China 1900, no clasp (W. T. Baker, Sto., H.M.S. Terrible.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. T. Baker, Sto. H.M.S. Terrible) light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (2) £280-£340

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Medals, the Property of a Lady.

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William Thomas Baker was born at Warblington, Hampshire, on 4 February 1878, and was a dairyman prior to joining the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 30 April 1897. After a period at Victory II, he joined H.M.S. Terrible on 24 March 1898, and remained in her until 16 January 1903. He qualified as a Diver in June 1904, was advanced to Leading Stoker in May 1906, and to Stoker Petty Officer in January 1909. He was Discharged Dead on 21 April 1911 at Cromarty N.B. from caisson disease [the ‘Bends’] after diving.

Sold with copied record of service.