Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Thos. Eastop, P.O. 1st. Cl., H.M.S. Cockatrice) minor official correction to ship, cleaned, very fine £80-£100

Thomas Eastop was born in London on 6 August 1855 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy First Class in H.M.S. Rattlesnake on 1 January 1873. He joined H.M.S. Cockatrice on 22 April 1884, and was promoted Petty Officer First Class on 1 July 1889. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 March 1891, and was shore pensioned on 20 February 1894.