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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 48

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class G. Hatch, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, one clasp, Suakin 1885 (G. Hatch, E.R.A. 4 Cl. H.M.S. Condor); Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (122691 Ch: E:R:A: G. Hatch, H.M.S. Powerful), officially re-impressed naming; Coronation 1902, bronze; Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (George Hatch, Ch. E.R.A. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Nile), officially re-impressed; Khedive´s Star 1884-6, last with bruised arm point, contact marks and minor edge bruising elsewhere, generally very fine or better and a rare combination of awards and clasps (5) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400 122691 Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class George Hatch, born Landport, Hampshire, 1861; joined Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer, 1883; subsequently witnessed active service out in Egypt, being landed from H.M.S. Condor on secondment to the Naval Brigade during the Suakin operations of 1885, and again in South Africa in the Boer War, when he was landed from the Powerful and served in the Naval Brigade at the defence of Ladysmith; advanced to Chief Engine Room Artificer ´in recognition of his services in South Africa´ (service record refers); awarded L.S. & G.C. Medal, January 1894, and added the Coronation 1902 Medal to his Honours and Awards for his services in the royal yacht Victoria & Albert; ´Pensioned Ashore´, April 1905. Provenance: Oliver Stirling Lee Collection, December 2004

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