Pair: Leading Seaman B. Trebilcock, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (B. Trebilcock, Ord., H.M.S. Niobe) small impressed naming; Naval Good Shooting Medal, E.VII.R. (196810B. Trebilcock, Lg. Sea. H.M.S. Cambrian 1908 4.7in Q.F.) contact marks, some edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £350-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals relating to the Boer War formed by two brothers.

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Bernard Trebilcock was born in Bukfastleigh, Devon, on 1 March 1880. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class aboard Northampton on 27 December 1897 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in March 1898. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in June 1898 when on Calliope. Trebilcock served on Niobe, December 1898-December 1900, being promoted to Able Seaman in August 1900. He attained the rank of Leading Seaman when on Cambridge in January 1906 and serving on the protected cruiser Cambrian, October 1907-September 1909 he was awarded the Naval Good Shooting Medal. Leading Seaman Trebilcock was invalided from the service on 9 May 1912. With copied service paper.