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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Horace. Spenton. Blksth. H.M.S. Woodlark) engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

Horace Spenton was born in Rushman, Suffolk, on 1 March 1823, and joined the Royal Navy as a Blacksmith on 19 February 1846. Appointed Armourer’s Blacksmith in H.M.S. Formidable on 25 April 1846, he served aboard Monarch and Wanderer before being posted to the R.N. Barracks at Sheerness in August 1865. Transferred to H.M.S. Woodlark on 9 December 1871, Spenton was invalided from the service on 5 November 1875 with his character recorded as ‘exemplary’.

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