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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 622

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Philip Elford, Corpl. No. 941 Plymo. R.M.L.I.), impressed naming, minor edge nicks, nearly very fine

Philip Elford was born on 2 June 1849 at Bodmin, Cornwall on 2 June 1849 and enlisted in the R.M.L.I. on his 25th birthday. He enjoyed steady promotion, from Private to Musician to Corporal and finally Sergeant in April 1887, his character consistently rated as 'exemplary'. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1886 and, having come ashore in June 1891, he joined the Permanent Staff of the 3rd Battalion, Devon Regiment; sold with copied service record.

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