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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 622

Three: Plumber R. Butchers, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. Butchers, Plumber. H.M.S. "Euryalus"); Naval L.S. & G.C., V.R. (Rd. Butchers. Plumber's Mate. H.M.S. Impregnable); Khedive's Star 1882, bronze, light contact marks and bruising, very fine (3)

Richard Butchers was born in September 1844 at Plymouth, Devon and enlisted in the Royal Navy in August 1867. A plumber by trade, he was apppointed Plumber's Mate in January 1871 and was advanced Plumber in Septmber 1877 aboard Indus. Having been awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 8 October 1877, he joined Euryalus on 12 January 1882. Butchers served aboard her during the Egypt operations, being hospitalised in the process. Having served for some 20 years in the Royal Navy, he was discharged on 25 July 1887; sold with service record and copied research, housed in a file.

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