Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Henry Deacon. Writr. 2nd Class. H.M.S. Impregnable.) impressed naming, very fine £70-£90

Henry Deacon was born in Plymouth, Devon, in January 1849. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1864, advanced to a Ship’s Corporal 2nd Class in September 1870, and to a Writer 2nd Class in November the same year. His service included with H.M.S. Impregnable from September 1870 until May 1874, and from September 1876 until July 1882 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in March 1877). Deacon was ‘Dishcarged Dead’ from H.M.S. Urgent on 7 January 1884.

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