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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (J. H. Buscombe, P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Warspite.) good very fine £100-£140

Joseph Henry Buscombe was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, on 21 September 1854 and entered naval service as an Ordinary Seaman on 1 January 1873. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 12 December 1886, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 September 1892, and was shore pensioned on 14 January 1893.