Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (John Cameron, Caulker, H.M.S. Hotspur.) impressed naming, nearly extremely fine £100-£140

John Cameron was born in Cosham, Portsmouth, on 15 October 1847, and joined the Royal Navy as Carpenter’s Crew on 13 March 1869. Posted aboard Indus, Malabar, Resistance, Caledonia and Achilles, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in June 1886. Appointed Carpenter’s Mate 1 December 1889, he was shore pensioned at Vivid II on 4 June 1899.