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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 36661 J. J. Sallis, L.S., H.M.S. Cyclops) contact marks and polished, about very fine £20-30

John James Sallis was born at Worcester in December 1897 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in March 1915. First going to sea as a Boy I in the battleship H.M.S. King Edward VII in June of the same year, he came ashore briefly to Victory I before joining the cruiser Inconstant in December 1915. Sallis remained in the same ship until March 1917 and was consequently present at Jutland. He ended the War as an Able Seaman serving at Vernon and transferred to the submarine branch in March 1925, in which capacity he served until 1933, his ‘underwater appointments’ in the intervening period including L1, L5, L8, L15, L16, L21 and L33, in addition to H48. Sallis was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1929.