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Royal Fleet Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (Ply. 13939 B. 1215 A. G. Buckland, Mne., R.F.R.) good very fine £20-30

Arthur George Buckland was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in November 1888 and enlisted in the Royal Marines locally in March 1907. Appointed a Private in the Plymouth Division, he enjoyed several seagoing appointments in the period leading up to the Great War, and was serving in the cruiser H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Buckland remained in the same ship until August 1918 and was consequently present at Jutland. Discharged in November 1919, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve and was awarded his L.S. Medal in June 1924. Buckland was finally released from the R.F.R. in November 1928.