Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Sydney Prout. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Aurora.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £120-£160

Sydney Prout was born in Bristol on 14 February 1842, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 18 August 1858. His subsequent ships were: Russell from 15 January 1859; James Watt from 13 August 1861 (Ord); Hibernia from 7 May 1862; Magicienne from 9 May 1862 (Ord, AB, LS); Cambridge from 13 December 1865; Daphne from 19 June 1867 (2nd Capt. Aft. Gd., 2nd Capt. F. Top); Cambridge from 21 September 1867; Bristol from 20 February 1868 (2 CFT, CFT); Cambridge from 28 January 1871 (CFT); with the Coast Guard from 1 September 1871 to 9 November 1872; Mosquito from 10 November 1872 (Boatswain’s Mate); and Aurora from 9 October 1873 to 1 June 1875 (Qr. Mr.). Prout was awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 23 August 1875.