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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 57

A Very Complete and Rare ´Defence of Ladysmith´ Naval Brigade Group of Three to Petty Officer G. Dyer, Royal Navy Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (148403 A-B: G. Dyer. H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming; British War Medal (148403 G. Dyer. P.O. R.N.), in named card box of issue; Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (148403 George Dyer , Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.), contact marks, very fine, with the following related items: - H.M.S. Powerful ´Siege of Ladysmith´ Hunter Pocket Watch, silver case, the outer front cover inscribed ´Siege of Ladysmith, 118 Days, 1899-1900, G.H. Dyer, A.B., H.M.S. Powerful´, the movement inscribed ´S. Smith & Son, 9 Strand, Swiss made, London, Watchmakers to the Admiralty´, movement in working order, glass face loose, case slightly polished, otherwise in good condition, with related certificate of warranty and contained in original blue cardboard presentation box, the lid with the gilt inscription, ´Souvenir Presented at the Banquet at Portsmouth Town Hall To the Naval Brigade April 1900 Harold R. Pink, Mayor South Africa´ - Lloyd´s circular silver presentation snuff box, by ´H. & A.´, Hallmarks for Birmingham 1899, the lid with engraved crest and ´Lloyd´s´ above and the date ´7 May 1900´; an old un-inscribed, plated vesta box - a purse with embroidered Union flag and ´Naval Brigade 1900´, slightly worn - Coast Guard cap tally and embroidered uniform badge, and a large quantity of buttons, these last contained in a Queen Mary Christmas 1914 tin, with related card and bullet-pencil, all in generally in good condition unless otherwise stated (lot) Estimate £ 2,000-2,500 148403 Petty Officer George Dyer born Isle of Wight, 1873; joined Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class, 1889; Able Seaman, 1892; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900; shortly after his return to the UK Dyer transferred to H.M. Coast Guard, initially with an appointment as a Boatman in Northern Ireland (L.S. & G.C. October 1906); served as a Leading Boatman during the Great War and was attached to President IV with an appointment at Chichester Harbour for the duration of the War, advancing to Petty Officer (Coast Guard), May 1917; discharged to pension, April 1919.

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