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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 519

(x) Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (228731 G. E. Jeffries. P.O. H.M.S. Thunderer.), lightly polished, good very fine

George Edgar Jeffries was born on 28 October 1886 at London. He joined the Royal Navy at Portsmouth on 28 October 1904 and served as a Leading Seaman aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Fearless during the Battle of Jutland. Fearless engaged a Zeppelin without effect on the morning of 1 June 1916, before successfully escorting H.M.S. Marlborough to the safety of the Humber estuary. Promoted Petty Officer on 1 November 1917 aboard the destroyer Minos, Jeffries was pensioned in June 1922.

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£70

Starting price
£20