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№ 729

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19 June 2024

Hammer Price:
£130

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. W. St. John, Sh. Corp. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Vivid.) impressed naming, very fine £70-£90

William Warwick St. John was born in St. Stephens, Cornwall, in March 1854. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in October 1879, and advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st Class in November 1893. St. John was shore pensioned in March 1902.

Sold with copied service papers.