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16 April 2020

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Lot

№ 693

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£220

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (219914. T. H. Rogers. A.B. H.M.S. Fox.) contact marks, good fine £80-£120

Thomas Henry Rogers was born in Penryn, Cornwall in March 1884. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1902. Rogers advanced to Able Seaman in February 1904, subsequent service included with H.M.S Fox, May 1910 - March 1911, and with H.M.S. Tiger (battle cruiser), October 1914 - January 1921 during which time the latter was present at the battles of Dogger Bank, Jutland and the Second Heligoland Bight. Rogers was ‘Shore Pensioned’ in August 1922.