Lot 422
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Three: Lieutenant-Commander W.J. Fletcher, Royal Navy, China 1900, no clasp (Midsn. R.N., H.M.S. Bonaventure), official correction to surname; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr., R.N.), lettering faint on last, good very fine and better (3)

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Three: Lieutenant-Commander W.J. Fletcher, Royal Navy, China 1900, no clasp (Midsn. R.N., H.M.S. Bonaventure), official correction to surname; British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Commr., R.N.), lettering faint on last, good very fine and better (3)
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Lot Essay

Lieutenant-Commander Walter John Fletcher was born in Chelsea, London in June 1883. Joining the Ship's Company of H.M.S. Bonaventure in May 1898, he served as a Midshipman off China during the Boxer Rebellion but by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was clearly suffering from a serious medical condition. His Service Record states that he was placed on the Retired List in March 1915 as 'Unfit (Insanity)' and that he died in May 1917.