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Three: Private G. H. Scarratt, Royal Marine Light Infantry
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (Ply. 13906 Pte. G. H. Scarratt. R.M.L.I., H.M.S. Fox.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 13906 Pte. G. H. Scarratt. R.M.L.I.) good very fine (3) £180-£220
Also entitled to 1914-15 Star. In H.M.S. Fox Scarratt saw extensive service in the Persian Gulf, and afterwards participated in the support operations of the Indian Army landings at Tanga, East Africe, in November 1914, and in the subsequent hunt for the Konigsburg, in concert with H.M.S. Goliath. During the war he also served afloat in H.M.S. Sutlej, January 1916 to August 1917, and in H.M.S. Riviera, armed merchantman and seaplane tender on the Dover Patrol from February 1918. Sold with copied record of service.
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