Auction Catalogue

16 July 2020

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Lot

№ 237

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16 July 2020

Hammer Price:
£120

Four: Able Seaman S. Proctor, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (211954, S. Proctor, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (211954. S. Proctor. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (211954. Samuel Proctor. A.B. H.M.S. Woolwich) light contact marks, very fine (4) £80-£120

Samuel Proctor, an errand boy from Paddington, London, was born on 17 March 1885. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 10 October 1900, and was advanced Able Seaman on 1 September 1904. He served during the majority of the Great War in H.M.S. Zealandia, was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 February 1918, and was shore demobilised on 18 February 1919.