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Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. G. Carter, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.13245, A. G. Carter, L.Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.13245 A. G. Carter. L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.13245 A. G. Carter. S.P.O. H.M.S. Columbine), edge bruise to L.S. & G.C., light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £100-£140
Albert George Carter was born at Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 1 August 1889 and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Victory II, on 23 November 1911. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Bruce, and he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1922. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Dolphin in July 1929, and enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was recalled briefly in 1938 and again briefly in August 1939.
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