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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 52

Five: Petty Officer F.G. Capron, Royal Navy Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (185864 A-B: F.G. Capron, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (185864 F.G. Capron, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (185864 F.G. Capron. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (185864 F.G. Capron, Ldg. Sean. H.M.S. Royal Arthur), remnants of lacquer, nearly very fine or better, mounted as originally worn together with a British War Medal on N.G.S. riband (19295 Pte. E.F. Watts. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.), and with the following related item: - H.M.S. Powerful ´Siege of Ladysmith´ Hunter Pocket Watch, silver case, the outer front cover inscribed ´Siege of Ladysmith, 118 Days, 1899-1900, A. Capron. Ord. Sea. Bugler., H.M.S. Powerful´, with an unmarked replacement movement, this in working order, face cracked, case re-hinged, with a silver fob and Chinese coin attached to this (lot) Estimate £ 550-650 185864 Petty Officer Frederick George Capron, born Acton, Middlesex, 1880; joined Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class, Bugler, 1895; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900, during which time he advanced to Able Seaman; subsequent service included in H.M.S. Black Prince, 27.3.1906-30.3.1908; H.M.S. Lord Nelson, 5.1.1909-11.1.1911 and H.M.S. Royal Arthur, 1.4.1913-31.5.1913 (Capron does not appear on the N.G.S. 1915-62 roll); service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Wallington (M.I.D. London Gazette 8.3.1918); ´Shore Pensioned´, 12.5.1920.

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