Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Jas. Parkinson. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Fox.) impressed naming, lacquered, plugged at 6 o’clock, very fine £70-£90

James Parkinson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in September 1849, with his service papers giving him as a ‘man of colour’. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in January 1873, and advanced to Petty Officer 1st Class in September 1877. He served with H.M.S. Fox from January 1877 to March 1879 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in July 1878). Parkinson was shore pensioned in February 1888, and was residing in Hull, Yorkshire, in 1891.

Sold with copied service papers.