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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geo. Graham, Chf. Btmn., H.M. Coast Gd.) engraved naming, nearly extremely fine £90-120

George Graham was born in Deal, Kent, on 7 January 1828. Based at H.M.S. Penelope, the coast guard ship based at Harwich, he served as a Commissioned Boatman from January 1873, being promoted to Chief Boatman in October 1875 and Chief Boatman in Charge in August 1877. Between 1873 and January 1883, when he was discharged to a pension, Graham served at Worth (No. 2 Battery), Misner Haven, Tillingham and Leigh. In his retirement he lived at Walnut Tree Cottage, Minster, Kent. He died in 1900. With copied service paper and census extracts.