Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., wide suspension (Enos Bishop, Ropemaker, H.M.S. Asia, 22 Yrs.), good very fine £120-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Jack Deacon.

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Enos Bishop was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1870.

He was born in Bridport, Dorset in May 1829 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 1st Class aboard H.M.S. Powerful in January 1848. Rated as a Ropemaker in June 1860, he remained thus employed until his final appointment aboard the Asia in December 1868.