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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 474

Rocket Life Saving Apparatus Volunteer Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (James Butcher), naming engraved on reverse in serif capitals, light scratches in obverse field, very fine

James Butcher was born in Dunwich, Suffolk on 4 March 1869, gaining civilian employment in Southwold as a house painter. He served for 20 years with the Aldeburgh Division of the Board of Trade Rocket Life Saving Apparatus Volunteers. The 1911 Census shows him living at Albert Cottage, Victoria Street, Southwold, with a wife and son. His Long Service Medal was presented to him on 27 January 1920. He died on 8 October 1944; sold with copied service records.

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£160

Starting price
£70