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Three: Able Seaman W. Girling, Royal Navy, who was wounded on the Gambia Expedition in 1894...
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Three: Able Seaman W. Girling, Royal Navy, who was wounded on the Gambia Expedition in 1894 and was later Station Officer in the Birmingham Fire Brigade East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (W. Girling, A.B., H.M.S. Raleigh); Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service, silver with bar, 15 Years (Stn. Officer Wm. Girling 1913); Birmingham Fire Brigade Long Service, silver with two bars, 5 Years, 20 Years (District Officer W. Girling 1898), together with original vellum R.N. Hurt Certificate dated 3 May 1894, and N.F.B.A. metal cap badge, good very fine and a scarce casualty (3) £600-£800 --- William Girling was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire on 8 January 1872, and was a brickmaker by trade when he joined the Royal Navy on 11 January 1887. He served in Raleigh from October 1891 until February 1895, taking part in the Gambia Expedition of 1894. It is stated on his Certificate for Wounds and Hurts that he ‘was injured belonging to Her Majesty’s Ship Raleigh by a bullet which entered his scalp on right side half an inch to outer side of external angle of the eye and removed by operation just in front of top of ear. Injured at Madina Creek with the Naval Brigade. He was sober and on duty at the time. No fracture of skull. On the 23rd day of February 1894 being then actually upon Her Majesty’s Service in the Gambia Expedition of 1894.’ Girling continued in the Royal Navy until 9 July 1898, when he was discharged to’ shore by purchase’. The landing of the Naval Brigade at Madina Creek in February 1894, and the subsequent action was the most significant event of the Gambia Expedition, resulting in 3 officers and 14 men killed, and 6 officers and 50 men wounded. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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Three: Able Seaman W. Girling, Royal Navy, who was wounded on the Gambia Expedition in 1894 and was later Station Officer in the Birmingham Fire Brigade East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Gambia 1894 (W. Girling, A.B., H.M.S. Raleigh); Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service, silver with bar, 15 Years (Stn. Officer Wm. Girling 1913); Birmingham Fire Brigade Long Service, silver with two bars, 5 Years, 20 Years (District Officer W. Girling 1898), together with original vellum R.N. Hurt Certificate dated 3 May 1894, and N.F.B.A. metal cap badge, good very fine and a scarce casualty (3) £600-£800 --- William Girling was born at Kenilworth, Warwickshire on 8 January 1872, and was a brickmaker by trade when he joined the Royal Navy on 11 January 1887. He served in Raleigh from October 1891 until February 1895, taking part in the Gambia Expedition of 1894. It is stated on his Certificate for Wounds and Hurts that he ‘was injured belonging to Her Majesty’s Ship Raleigh by a bullet which entered his scalp on right side half an inch to outer side of external angle of the eye and removed by operation just in front of top of ear. Injured at Madina Creek with the Naval Brigade. He was sober and on duty at the time. No fracture of skull. On the 23rd day of February 1894 being then actually upon Her Majesty’s Service in the Gambia Expedition of 1894.’ Girling continued in the Royal Navy until 9 July 1898, when he was discharged to’ shore by purchase’. The landing of the Naval Brigade at Madina Creek in February 1894, and the subsequent action was the most significant event of the Gambia Expedition, resulting in 3 officers and 14 men killed, and 6 officers and 50 men wounded. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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