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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (C. Dacombe, Ldg: Stoker, H.M.S. Vernon.) polished, edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £100-£140

Caleb Dacombe was born at Wimborne, Dorset, on 18 March 1843 and joined the Royal Navy as Stoker in H.M.S. Asia on 14 August 1878. He was advanced to Leading Stoker in H.M.S. Shannon on 22 June 1881, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1890. Promoted Leading Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Magicienne on 1 April 1893, he was invalided from the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar on 6 November 1896.