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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (340462 E. F. Barrett, Armourer, H.M.S. Hampshire.) light scratches to obverse field, good very fine £50-£70

Ernest Frederick Barrett was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, on 14 June 1874 and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew on 30 November 1894. Advanced Armourer on 28 February 1904, he served in H.M.S. Hampshire from 10 August 1909 to 3 April 1911, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 December 1909. He served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments, and was finally shore demobilised on 19 March 1919.

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