Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (George Frost, Lg. Sto. 1Cl., H.M.S. Tribune) good very fine £30-40

George Frost was born in Plymouth on 9 August 1870. A Hammerman by trade, he enlisted in the Royal Navy on 3 October 1889 for a twelve year engagement. His rate on enlistment being a Stoker 2nd Class on H.M.S. Indus. In 1897 he was advanced to Leading Stoker aboard H.M.S. Retribution and in 1906 advanced to Stoker Petty Officer aboard H.M.S. Monmouth. Re-engaged in 1901, he was pensioned to shore in 1911 and joined the R.F.R. in the same year. Frost was recalled to service with the General Mobilisation of 1914 but due to disability was restricted to shore service on Vivid II. He was demobilised in June 1919, serving throughout the War as a Stoker Petty Officer. Sold with copied service record sheets.