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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (W. Curry. Ships Cook. H.M.S. Magicienne. 24 Yrs.) good very fine £500-£600

William Curry was born at St Peter Port, Guernsey, on 4 August 1815. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman aboard H.M.S. Minden on 13 April 1836, moving to Thunderer in April 1840 and advancing to Able Seaman in April 1842. He next joined Dee, March 1844, Caledonia, August 1845, and Wellesley, January 1848, becoming Coxswain of the Pinnace in September 1850. He joined Rosamund in October 1851 as Captain of the Forecastle, and Conflict in March 1854, as Captain of the After Guard, in which rate he finally joined Magicienne in May 1856, and was appointed Ship’s Cook in November 1859, in which rate he served until discharged on 30 April 1861.