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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 59

Pair: Petty Officer 2nd Class E.E. Foley, Royal Navy Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (173512 A-B: E.E. Foley, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming; Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (173512 E.E. Foley, P.O. 2Cl, H.M.S. Hecla.), contact marks, therefore nearly very fine or better (2) Estimate £ 400-500 173512 Petty Officer 2nd Class Edward Ernest Foley, born Portsea, Hampshire, 1877; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1895; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900, advancing to Able Seaman whilst serving with her; Petty Officer 2nd Class, 1906; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Prince of Wales (battleship), 3.11.1912-5.4.1917, during which time she was engaged in the Dardanelles Campaign and supported the landings of the 3rd Brigade, Australian Army at Gapa Tepe and at Anzac Cove, 25.4.1915; demobilised 30.10.1919.

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£550