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Auction: 17003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 547

Three: Gunner H. V. Perkins, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (224021 H. V. Perkins, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. H. V. Perkins, R.N.), very fine or better (3)

Herbert Victor Perkins was born in Worcester on 3 October 1887 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1902. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was serving as a Leading Seaman in H.M.S. Vindictive and he remained similarly employed until coming ashore to the gunnery training establishment Excellent at the end of June 1916. During that period Vindictive served in the 9th Cruiser Squadron and captured the German merchantmen Schlesien and Slawentzitz in August-September 1914 and served on the South America Station, in addition to participating in operations in the White Sea. Advanced to Petty Officer at Excellent in October 1916, Perkins was subsequently commissioned as a Gunner, R.N., and ended the war with an appointment in Torpedo Boat 6; sold with copied research.

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