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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (209425 H. Balcom, A.B., H.M.S. St. Vincent) edge bruise over surname, contact marks, good fine £20-30

Henry Balcom was born at Southsea, Hampshire and entered the Royal Navy in April 1900 as a Boy 2nd Class. An Able Seaman aboard the battleship H.M.S. St. Vincent by the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he served in the same ship for the remainder of the War and was consequently present at Jutland, when the St. Vincent formed part of the 1st Battle Squadron, under Rear-Admiral E. F. A. Gaunt. Balcom, who was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1917, was pensioned ashore in November 1924 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in the following year. He was briefly mobilised at the end of 1938.