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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 626

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (R.M.B. 2679 C. Wratten, Mus. R.M.), nearly very fine

Cecil Wratten was born in Streatham, London, on 20 March 1902 and enlisted in the Royal Marines Band on 17 April 1918. He first served as a Band Boy at the Royal Naval School of Music, was promoted Musician, and was then served aboard the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. King George V from 26 October 1920 to 8 February 1923, when she formed part of the Mediterranean Fleet; Cecil was present when the ship evacuated Greek and Armenian refugees desperate to escape the Great Fire of Smyrna. Returning to the R.N. School of Music throughout much of the 1930s, his service was punctuated by spells aboard H.M.S. Devonshire and H.M.S. Rodney. During the Second World War, he continued to serve as a musician until May 1943.

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