Auction Catalogue

17 August 2021

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 355

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17 August 2021

Hammer Price:
£120

Four: Stoker Petty Officer P. W. Luscombe, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.21478, P. W. Luscombe, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.21478 P. W. Luscombe. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.21478 P. W. Luscombe S.P.O. H.M.S. Keppel.) heavily polished, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore fair to fine, the LS&GC better (4) £100-£140

Philip William Luscombe was born on 17 September 1895, at Brent, Devon. He commenced naval service on 1 December 1913, as a Stoker Second Class in Vivid II, and was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Cumberland, on 1 December 1914, and to Acting Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Dauntless, on 8 June 1921. He was appointed Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Hood, on 30 April 1927, was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in January 1929, and was discharged to pension in November 1935. He was recalled for service in June 1939, and was released from service in August 1945, having seen service in anti submarine patrol vessels in the Second World War.