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№ 702

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11 September 2024

Hammer Price:
£120

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Cæsar Jervis. Grs. Mte. H.M.S. Lively.) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

Caesar Jervis was born in Poulton, Somerset, on 12 December 1838, and joined the Royal Navy as Ordinary Seaman on 23 January 1858. Raised Gunner’s Mate aboard Cambridge on 9 October 1866, he went on to serve aboard Lion, Black Prince and Vigilant, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst posted to the wooden paddlesteamer Lively on 17 August 1875. Transferred briefly to the Coast Guard, Jervis was discharged dead on 26 December 1879.

Sold with copied service record.