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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 119

Four: Commander P. Harvey, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, two clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894 (P. Harvey, Mid. R.N. H.M.S. Raleigh.); 1914-15 (Lt. Commr. P. Harvey, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Commr. P. Harvey. R.N.), good very fine (4)

Commander Percy Harvey (1875-1922), joined the Royal Navy as Naval Cadet, 1888; advanced Midshipman, 1890; service included in H.M.S. Raleigh, October 1891-July 1894, when he 'served in the Naval Brigade landed by Rear-Admiral F.G.D. Bedford, C.B. from the Raleigh, Alecto, Magpie, Satellite and Widgeon at Bathurst on the River Gambia, West Coast of Africa, in February, 1894, in co-operation with two companies of the 1st West India Regiment' (The Naval Who's Who 1917, refers); he served in H.M.S. Widgeon for the expedition up the Benin River, August-September 1894; qualified as a Torpedo Officer; served on the staff of Rear-Admiral L.G. Tufnell, for special duty with the Greek Navy, April-October 1911; retired at own request the same year; re-engaged as Acting Commander for the Great War, and service included in H.M.S. Argonaut, and at H.M.S. Actaeon (as part of R.N. Torpedo School); reverted to Retired List as Torpedo Lieutenant 1st Class, 30.6.1919.

Approximately 42 'Benin River 1894' clasp awards to H.M.S. Widgeon.

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