Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming, (Hy. G. Polkinghorne Ships Stewd. H.M.S. Revenge.) good very fine £140-£180

Henry George Polkinghorne was born in Devonport on 1 January 1840. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in the mid to late 1850s, joining H.M.S. Revenge in January 1873 as a Ships Steward. It was whilst serving aboard this ship that Polkinghorne was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He later went on to serve with several other ships which included H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, Achillies, Serapis, Duke of Wellington and Britannia. He was discharged to pension in July 1881.