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Pair: Able Seaman F. Fowles, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1...
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Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (F. Fowles. A.B.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, edge bruise to first, very fine (2) £260-£300
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The Nile Flotilla comprised 289 Officers and men seconded from 19 H.M. Ships; as well as a large number of Canadian boatmen.
Frank Fowles (also recorded as Fowle) was born in Westerham, Kent, on 26 May 1866 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 3 March 1882. Serving in H.M.S. Monarch from 4 December 1883, he was seconded to the Nile Flotilla from 1 October 1884 to 20 July 1885, seeing active service during the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 April 1885. Invalided out of the service on 30 March 1888, he died in London on 10 September 1888.
Sold with copied service record, medal roll extracts, and other research.
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (F. Fowles. A.B.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, edge bruise to first, very fine (2) £260-£300
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The Nile Flotilla comprised 289 Officers and men seconded from 19 H.M. Ships; as well as a large number of Canadian boatmen.
Frank Fowles (also recorded as Fowle) was born in Westerham, Kent, on 26 May 1866 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 3 March 1882. Serving in H.M.S. Monarch from 4 December 1883, he was seconded to the Nile Flotilla from 1 October 1884 to 20 July 1885, seeing active service during the Nile Expedition of 1884-85, and was promoted Able Seaman on 1 April 1885. Invalided out of the service on 30 March 1888, he died in London on 10 September 1888.
Sold with copied service record, medal roll extracts, and other research.
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