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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, engraved naming (Wm. Vey. Chf. Gunrs. Mate. H.M.S. Wizard.) good very fine £140-£180

William Vey was born at Christchurch, Hampshire, on 22 June 1842, and joined the Navy as a Boy 1st Class aboard Victory on 12 May 1859, transferring to Agamemnon 9 days later, in which ship he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman in September 1860, and to Able Seaman in April 1862. He joined Boscawen in October 1862, Excellent in May 1864, and Serpent in April 1865, becoming Quarter-Master in July 1868, and Gunner’s Mate in January 1869. He was Gunner’s Mate in Wizard from January 1873 to January 1878, and passed briefly through Hiberina and Tamar before being shore pensioned from Duke of Wellington on 19 April 1878.