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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K. 24521 E. Churcher, L. Sto., H.M.S. Effingham) contact marks and polished, good fine £20-30

Edward Churcher was born at Fareham, Hampshire in September 1888 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in January 1913. Appointed to the ship’s company of the battle cruiser H.M.S. Princess Royal in November of the same year, he remained aboard the same ship until May 1919, thereby being present at the actions of Heligoland Bight in 1914, when the Princess Royal received at least one hit, Dogger Bank in 1915 and Jutland in 1916, when she was hit on several occasions and sustained total casualties of around 100 men. Churcher, who gained advancement to Leading Stoker in July 1918, was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in April 1928.