Lot Essay
H.M.S. Beagle served off South Africa from 19.7.1901 to 4.11.1901 and 4.12.1901 to 31.5.1902. 127 Medals were issued to the ship.
Stoker F.F. Hills was latterly a submariner in the famous 'K Boats' and receives mention in Don Everitt's title of that name: 'My dad's name is F.F. Hills and he was a Stoker First Class. He joined K 10 at Barrow Furness in 1917. He hopes they never build any more like them for poor me to live in as they made more men sick than any other boat.'
Stoker F.F. Hills was latterly a submariner in the famous 'K Boats' and receives mention in Don Everitt's title of that name: 'My dad's name is F.F. Hills and he was a Stoker First Class. He joined K 10 at Barrow Furness in 1917. He hopes they never build any more like them for poor me to live in as they made more men sick than any other boat.'