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Pair: Leading Stoker F. Aviss, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp,...
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Pair: Leading Stoker F. Aviss, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (S.S.2491 F. Aviss, Ord, H.M.S. Hyacinth.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (S.S.110482. F. Aviss. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Odin.) nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick Aviss was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 13 June 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 3 July 1908. He served in H.M.S. Hyacinth from 29 March 1909 to 15 March 1910, seeing active service during the operations on and off the coast of Somaliland. He changed rating to that of Stoker Second Class on 11 July 1910, being renumbered S.S. 110482, and was posted to H.M.S. Odin, serving in her until 26 February 1912, being promoted Stoker First Class on 1 January 1911, and seeing active service during the operations in the Persian Gulf. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 6 July 1913, Aviss was recalled for war service on 2 August 1914, and served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Sapphire, being promoted Leading Stoker on 8 January 1918. He was finally shore pensioned on 6 June 1921.
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Pair: Leading Stoker F. Aviss, Royal Navy Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (S.S.2491 F. Aviss, Ord, H.M.S. Hyacinth.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (S.S.110482. F. Aviss. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Odin.) nearly very fine (2) £240-£280 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Frederick Aviss was born in Gravesend, Kent, on 13 June 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman on 3 July 1908. He served in H.M.S. Hyacinth from 29 March 1909 to 15 March 1910, seeing active service during the operations on and off the coast of Somaliland. He changed rating to that of Stoker Second Class on 11 July 1910, being renumbered S.S. 110482, and was posted to H.M.S. Odin, serving in her until 26 February 1912, being promoted Stoker First Class on 1 January 1911, and seeing active service during the operations in the Persian Gulf. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 6 July 1913, Aviss was recalled for war service on 2 August 1914, and served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Sapphire, being promoted Leading Stoker on 8 January 1918. He was finally shore pensioned on 6 June 1921.
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