Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (W. G. Quirk, A.B., H.M.S. Highflyer.) surname partially officially corrected, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

William George Quirk was born at Douglas, Isle of Man, on 22 April 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 30 September 1897. He served in H.M.S. Highflyer from 7 December 1899 to 13 January 1903, and was advanced Able Seaman on 18 October 1900. He was shore released on 21 April 1911 at the end of his first period of continuous service.