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№ 372

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27 July 2022

Hammer Price:
£100

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (W. D. Braham, Commd. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) good very fine £80-£100

William Durant Braham was born in Aldborough, Suffolk, on 15 March 1859 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 14 April 1874. Appointed to the Coast Guard on 28 November 1885, he served as Boatman at Limerick-Kilcummin, and was appointed Commissioned Boatman on 5 October 1895. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 April 1897, and was shore pensioned on 8 April 1900.

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