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Pair: Fleet Surgeon R. S. P. Griffiths, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated...
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Pair: Fleet Surgeon R. S. P. Griffiths, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. S. P. Griffiths. Staff. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Orontes”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Approximately 234 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Orontes. Richard Samuel Purnell Griffiths was commissioned Assistant Surgeon on 12 November 1867 and was promoted Surgeon on 16 January 1874 and Staff Surgeon on 11 May 1880. He served in H.M.S. Orontes from 11 August 1881 to 1 November 1882, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. Promoted Fleet Surgeon on 10 August 1888, he transferred to the Half-Pay List on 26 July 1895. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
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Pair: Fleet Surgeon R. S. P. Griffiths, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. S. P. Griffiths. Staff. Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. “Orontes”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, good very fine (2) £300-£400 --- Approximately 234 no clasp medals awarded to H.M.S. Orontes. Richard Samuel Purnell Griffiths was commissioned Assistant Surgeon on 12 November 1867 and was promoted Surgeon on 16 January 1874 and Staff Surgeon on 11 May 1880. He served in H.M.S. Orontes from 11 August 1881 to 1 November 1882, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882. Promoted Fleet Surgeon on 10 August 1888, he transferred to the Half-Pay List on 26 July 1895. Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.
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