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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Florence Sullivan, Sh. Corpl. 1st. Class, H.M.S. Valorous.) impressed naming, good very fine £100-£140

Florence Sullivan was born at Aghada, Cork, on 1 April 1854, and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Agincourt on 26 April 1869. Advanced Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide, and Petty Officer 1st Class in H.M.S. Shannon on 15 January 1878, he served as Ship’s Corporal 1st Class aboard the paddle frigate H.M.S. Valorous from 13 January 1882 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1882. Transferred to H.M.S. Brisk and then Devonport naval base, Sullivan was discharged dead from the Royal Navy on 12 January 1892 in consequence of tuberculosis.

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