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East & West Africa Medal 1887-99
Obverse: Head of Queen Victoria in a diadem and veil (left). Legend: 'VICTORIA REGINA'. Reverse: a group of soldiers and Africans fighting in the bush for their fallen comrades. Suspended from a bar, and yellow ribbon with a broad black edge and two narrow black central stripes. Bars: 'BRASS RIVER 1895', 'Benin 1897'. Inscription on edge: 'ALFRED NOAD. STO: H.M.S. BAROSSA'. Mounted on bar with MED1080.
Alfred Noad (1872-1960) was born in Bath, the son of George Noad, a mason. He entered the Royal Navy on 1 Jun 1893. His first active service was in armoured cruiser HMS ‘Warspite’, port guardship at Queenstown, until June 1895. He was in ‘Algerine’ from 11 February 1897 when she was sent out to the China Station until 12 April 1900 at the beginning of the Boxer Rebellion but before the capture of the Taku Forts on the 17th June. He was in training cruiser ‘Cleopatra’ from 7 May 1901 to 15 January 1905. During this time, ‘Cleopatra’ took part in the 1902 Coronation fleet review and toured British and Spanish ports. From 9 January 1900 to 19 June 1908, he was in protected cruiser, HMS ‘Isis’ also in use as a training ship. During this time, Noad was promoted to Stoker 1st class and leading stoker. He served in minelayer HMS’ Apollo’ - part of the Home Fleet, from her commissioning on 4 August 1909 to 7 March 1911, being promoted stoker, Petty Officer in 1910. From 1911 to 1912, he in the oil-fired destroyer ‘Nubian’ based at Harwich then Portland, taking part in the 1911 fleet review. At the start of 1914 he was in ‘Dido’ guard ship on the Humber. Most of his war service was spent in in HMS ‘Duncan’ operating in the North Sea, the Channel and the Mediterranean until she was paid off in April 1917. In July that year, Noad was invalided following a fracture.
In 1902, he married Sarah Jane Smart and in 1921 the couple were living in Batheaston, with Alfred working as a general servant in a local household. In 1939 he had retired and was living with his son-in law-in Chippenham, Wiltshire where he died.
Alfred Noad (1872-1960) was born in Bath, the son of George Noad, a mason. He entered the Royal Navy on 1 Jun 1893. His first active service was in armoured cruiser HMS ‘Warspite’, port guardship at Queenstown, until June 1895. He was in ‘Algerine’ from 11 February 1897 when she was sent out to the China Station until 12 April 1900 at the beginning of the Boxer Rebellion but before the capture of the Taku Forts on the 17th June. He was in training cruiser ‘Cleopatra’ from 7 May 1901 to 15 January 1905. During this time, ‘Cleopatra’ took part in the 1902 Coronation fleet review and toured British and Spanish ports. From 9 January 1900 to 19 June 1908, he was in protected cruiser, HMS ‘Isis’ also in use as a training ship. During this time, Noad was promoted to Stoker 1st class and leading stoker. He served in minelayer HMS’ Apollo’ - part of the Home Fleet, from her commissioning on 4 August 1909 to 7 March 1911, being promoted stoker, Petty Officer in 1910. From 1911 to 1912, he in the oil-fired destroyer ‘Nubian’ based at Harwich then Portland, taking part in the 1911 fleet review. At the start of 1914 he was in ‘Dido’ guard ship on the Humber. Most of his war service was spent in in HMS ‘Duncan’ operating in the North Sea, the Channel and the Mediterranean until she was paid off in April 1917. In July that year, Noad was invalided following a fracture.
In 1902, he married Sarah Jane Smart and in 1921 the couple were living in Batheaston, with Alfred working as a general servant in a local household. In 1939 he had retired and was living with his son-in law-in Chippenham, Wiltshire where he died.
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Object Details
| ID: | MED1079 |
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| Collection: | Coins and medals |
| Type: | War medal |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Poynter, Edward John; Wyon, Leonard Charles |
| Events: | East & West Africa War, 1887-1888; Benin Expedition, 1897 Brass River Expedition, 1895 |
| Vessels: | Barossa (1889) |
| Date made: | 1874 |
| People: | Noad, Alfred |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Overall: 36 mm |