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№ 651

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10 April 2024

Hammer Price:
£110

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G. C. Clark, Ldg. Sto. 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Vivid.) impressed naming, good very fine £70-£90

George Cornelius Clark was born in Devonport, Devon, in February 1859. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in March 1884, and advanced to Leading Stoker 1st Class in March 1895. Clark contracted pneumonia and was ‘discharged dead’ from R.N. Hospital, Plymouth, on 4 March 1898 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in April 1894).

Sold with copied service papers.