Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 152
Four: Fireman A.E. Corke, Marine Field Artillery, Late Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (A. Cooke [sic], Cooks Mte., H.M.S. Barfleur); British War Medal (A.E. Corke. FMN. M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Albert E. Corke), with original paper packaging and forward slips from the Board of Trade Marine Department; Victory Medal (A.E. Corke. FMN. M.F.A.) generally good very fine or better, with two photographs of the recipient (one wearing his China Campaign Medal) (4) Estimate £ 140-180 520810 Albert Edward Corke; born Plaistow, Essex, 1878, and named after the H.R.H. The Prince of Wales; joined the Royal Navy 1895; served in H.M.S. Barfleur 1.10.1898 - 22.1.1902; served during the Great War as a Fireman with the Marine Field Artillery and in the Merchant Navy Listed on the published transcription of China 1900 roll as ´´A.E. Corke´´ with same entitlement.
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