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17 & 18 July 2019

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№ 509 x

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17 July 2019

Hammer Price:
£850

A highly unusual Great War Royal Navy ‘Government Pigeon Service’ M.S.M. group of three awarded to Chief Petty Officer H. Buckell, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (L.Z.1082 H. Buckell. C.P.O. R.N.V.R.); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (L.Z. 1082. H. Buckell, C.P.O. R.N.V.R. Govt. Pigeon Service.) mounted as originally worn,
generally very fine or better (3) £600-£800

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, September 1998.

M.S.M.
London Gazette 16 September 1919.

Henry Buckell was born in December 1883, and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in London. He was posted for service with the Government Pigeon Service, 5 April 1917, and served in Dunkirk from later the same month. Buckell advanced to Chief Petty Officer and was subsequently attached to the Royal Air Force. He was demobilised in March 1919.