Egypt War Medal 1882-89

Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (left) Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA ET IMPERATRIX'. Reverse: the sphinx on an ornamental platform. Legend: 'EGYPT'. Exergue: '1882'. Inscription on edge: 'F.W. CHAINE MIDN. H.M.S. NORTHUMBERLAND'. Suspended from a clasp and blue ribbon with two white stripes.

Commander Francis William Chaine (1867-1923). Born at Muckamore, Antrim. Rated Midshipman, 15 July 1882 on passing out of 'Britannia'. Egyptian medal 1883. Appointed Lieutenant,1 April 1890. Resigned from the RN on 2 April 1890 owing to ill health and was employed as a Lloyds underwriter. Rejoined in 1903 as an emergency officer and was appointed Commander on 11 November 1918. During the First World War, he was in charge of Auxiliary patrol vessels at Portland. He married Edith Marion Pedder on 3 February 1898 in Kensington where he died.

Object Details

ID: MED0343
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: War medal
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyon, Leonard Charles
Events: Egypt War: Bombardment of Alexandria, 1882
Vessels: Northumberland (1866)
Date made: 1882
People: Queen Victoria; Chaine, Francis William
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 36 mm
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