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Three: Chief Officer C. Toy, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard Egypt and Sudan 1882-89,...
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Three: Chief Officer C. Toy, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (C. Toy. Sign. 2/Cl: H.M.S. “Cockatrice”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Toy, Comd. Boatn., H.M Coast Guard.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Approximately 67 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Cockatrice. Charles Toy was born in Budock, Cornwall, on 7 June 1858 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class on 18 March 1875. He served in H.M.S. Cockatrice from 30 August 1882 to 11 December 1885, seeing active service in that ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 October 1883, Leading Seaman on 22 April 1884, and Petty Officer Second Class on 14 March 1885. He transferred to the Coast Guard on 21 March 1886, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 August 1900, whilst basted at Woolston, Newhaven. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Chief Officer at Swanage on 1 December 1910, and was shore pensioned on 8 June 1913. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
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Three: Chief Officer C. Toy, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (C. Toy. Sign. 2/Cl: H.M.S. “Cockatrice”); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Chas. Toy, Comd. Boatn., H.M Coast Guard.) impressed naming; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, nearly very fine and better (3) £240-£280 --- Approximately 67 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Cockatrice. Charles Toy was born in Budock, Cornwall, on 7 June 1858 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class on 18 March 1875. He served in H.M.S. Cockatrice from 30 August 1882 to 11 December 1885, seeing active service in that ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 October 1883, Leading Seaman on 22 April 1884, and Petty Officer Second Class on 14 March 1885. He transferred to the Coast Guard on 21 March 1886, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 August 1900, whilst basted at Woolston, Newhaven. He was promoted to his ultimate rank of Chief Officer at Swanage on 1 December 1910, and was shore pensioned on 8 June 1913. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extract.
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