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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Willm. Tamblin. Armourer H.M.S. Vernon) minor edge nicks, good very fine £100-£140

William Tamblin was born in Dewlor, Cornwall, in 1847 and joined the Royal Navy on 19 April 1870. Advanced Armourer on 1 July 1874, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 July 1880, and was shore pensioned on 14 May 1890.