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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 149

East and West Africa 1887-1900, three clasps, Gambia 1894, Benin River 1894, Brass River 1895 (C.R. Blore, LG. Sean., H.M.S. Widgeon.), 'w' double-struck, very fine

131309 Chief Petty Officer Charles Robert Blore, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire, 1869; joined Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, 1885; September 1893 - November 1896; advanced Chief Petty Officer, 10.2.1905; 'Shore Pensioned' 28.9.1909; re-engaged for the Great War, and service included in H.M.S. Doris, 21.1.1917-11.10.1918, and at H.M.S. Dufferin (Bombay Depot), 13.10.1918-31.12.1918; discharged 23.6.1919.

Approximately 40 'Gambia 1894' clasp awards to H.M.S. Widgeon; 42 'Benin River 1894' clasp awards to H.M.S Widgeon and 71 'Brass River 1895' clasp awards to H.M.S. Widgeon.

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