A Collection of Medals Relating to H.M.S. Cornwallis

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (341583 L. J. Larkham, Ships. Stewd., H.M.S. Cornwallis.) good very fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals Relating to H.M.S. Cornwallis.

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Glendining’s, May 1980.

Leonard James Larkham was born at Kingston, Hampshire, on 26 June 1882, and joined the Royal Navy from Greenwich Hospital School on 1 July 1897. He served as a Ships Steward aboard H.M.S. Cornwallis from 1 July 1915 until she was torpedoed and sunk in January 1917, luckily with just a few casualties. Cornwallis served in all the operations in the Dardanelles until after the final evacuation. Larkham received his L.S. & G.C. medal in September 1915.

Sold with copied record of service.