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Five: Chief Petty Officer H. W. Webb, Royal Navy Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasp...
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Five: Chief Petty Officer H. W. Webb, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (189621 A.B. H. W. Webb, H.M.S. Terrible) officially engraved naming; China 1900, no clasp (H. W./ Webb, A.B. H.M.S. Terrible.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (189621 H. W. Webb, P.O. 1Cl. H.M.S. Mashona); British War Medal 1914-20 (189621 H. W. Webb. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (189621 H. W. Webb, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Penbroke:) mounted court-style for display, dark toned, nearly very fine or better (5) £900-£1,200 --- Only 44 medals to European recipients in Mashona for the Persian Gulf operations. Harry William Webb was born at Woodton, Norfolk, on 18 May 1880, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 4 July 1896. He joined Terrible as a Boy 1st Class in April 1898, advancing to Ordinary Seaman in May 1898, and to Able Seaman in November 1899, remaining in Terrible until 19 October 1899. He was advanced to Leading Seaman in June 1902, to Petty Officer 2nd Class in November 1902 and to Petty Officer 1st Class in August 1903. He became Acting Chief Petty Officer in November 1915 and was confirmed in that rank in November 1916. Most of his Great War service was at Pembroke 1 and from November 1915 at the submarine depot ship Titania. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Mars on 17 May 1920, and died at Woodton on 20 July 1953. Sold with copied research including medal rolls and record of service.
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Five: Chief Petty Officer H. W. Webb, Royal Navy Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith (189621 A.B. H. W. Webb, H.M.S. Terrible) officially engraved naming; China 1900, no clasp (H. W./ Webb, A.B. H.M.S. Terrible.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (189621 H. W. Webb, P.O. 1Cl. H.M.S. Mashona); British War Medal 1914-20 (189621 H. W. Webb. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (189621 H. W. Webb, P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Penbroke:) mounted court-style for display, dark toned, nearly very fine or better (5) £900-£1,200 --- Only 44 medals to European recipients in Mashona for the Persian Gulf operations. Harry William Webb was born at Woodton, Norfolk, on 18 May 1880, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 4 July 1896. He joined Terrible as a Boy 1st Class in April 1898, advancing to Ordinary Seaman in May 1898, and to Able Seaman in November 1899, remaining in Terrible until 19 October 1899. He was advanced to Leading Seaman in June 1902, to Petty Officer 2nd Class in November 1902 and to Petty Officer 1st Class in August 1903. He became Acting Chief Petty Officer in November 1915 and was confirmed in that rank in November 1916. Most of his Great War service was at Pembroke 1 and from November 1915 at the submarine depot ship Titania. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Mars on 17 May 1920, and died at Woodton on 20 July 1953. Sold with copied research including medal rolls and record of service.
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