Australian Singles

Lot 3997    SESSION 10 (9.30AM FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER)    Australian Singles

Estimate $6,000
Bid at live.noble.com.au
SOLD $9,000

CHINA WAR MEDAL 1900. W.H.Ticklie, A.B., H.M.S.Protector. Impressed. Missing ribbon, some hairlines and cleaned, otherwise very fine.

Together with a small, fitted leather pouch in which the medal has been stored.

Able Seaman William Henry Ticklie; Emb.06Aug1900; RTA 06Jan1901; Henry Ticklie (see note below) died on 26 April 1927 and was buried the next day at Adelaide's West Terrace Cemetery.

Note: Ticklie is recorded on the crew of HMS Protector as William Henry Ticklie but in civilian life he was actually Henry William Ticklie or, to be more precise, his family descendents state his name as Harry (Henry) William Hempson Ticklie, born Encounter Bay, South Australia, 15 June 1883.

The following was published in The Registrar, Adelaide on Monday 1 June 1903, p4.

PRESENTATION OF CHINA WAR MEDALS.
On Saturday afternoon, His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor distributed the medals and gratuities awarded by the Admiralty to the officers and men of H.M.C.S. Protector who served on the China Station during the war of 1900. The function was held in the Port Adelaide Town Hall. Sir Samuel Way, in making the presentations, spoke eulogistically of the patriotism of the Ministry and people of South Australia in dispatching the Protector and her crew to China, of the gallantry of those who accompanied the vessel, and of the good impression created upon the Naval Commander-in-Chief (Admiral Seymour). His Excellency handed the medals to the recipients. (News report lists W.H.Ticklie as one of the recipients.)

On the death of Henry Ticklie, the following article was published in the Glenelg Guardian on Thursday 5 May 1927, p2.

'OBITUARY
MR. HENRY WILLIAM TICKLIE
The death occurred on Tuesday, April 26, of Mr. Henry William Ticklie, of 10 Kent Street, Glenelg. Mr. Ticklie was born at Encounter Bay 43 years ago and joined the Navy when quite young. He was chosen as bugler for the Naval Guard of Honor during the visit to Australia of King George and Queen Mary as the Duke and Duchess of York. He also visited China during the Boxer rising as a member of the crew of H.M.S. "Protector." In 1900 he left the navy and took up his residence in Glenelg, where he followed a seafaring life and by his cheery and kindly disposition he made a large circle of friends. In 1919 he married Lydia, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Virgo of Hamlev Bridge, who survives him.'

On 26 April 1937 his wife, Lydia, posted a notice in The Advertiser, Adelaide - 'Fond remembrance of my beloved husband, Henry W. Ticklie. Called home, 26th April, 1927. Ten years of loving memories.'