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Pair: Master at Arms G. H. E. Sandford, Royal Navy Canada General Service 1866-70, 1...
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Pair: Master at Arms G. H. E. Sandford, Royal Navy
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Boy I: Cl: G. H. E. Sandford, H.M.S. Pylades) officially impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geoe. H. E. Sandford Ships Corpl. H.M.S. Jumna.) engraved naming, small edge bruise to the first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £500-£700
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George Henry E. Sandford was born at Mark, Somerset, on 3 November 1848, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd class aboard H.M.S. Duncan on 2 April 1863. He joined Pylades as Boy 1st class on 2 November 1864, serving in this ship until 7 November 1866. He advanced to Ordinary Seaman 2nd class in Zebra in November 1866, and to Able Seaman in April 1867. His subsequent ships included Duke of Wellington, Hercules and Triumph, in which ship be became Ship’s Corporal 2nd class in December 1873, and Jumna, which ship he joined in September 1875, was advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st class, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in December 1875. Noted as ‘worthy of advancement - very trustworthy and steady’, and with character always ‘exemplary’ or occasionally ‘very good’, he was appointed Master at Arms aboard the Duke of Wellington in March 1883. After further service, he was finally shore pensioned from St Vincent on 2 March 1887.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll claim for C.G.S. which was made in September 1900. He was then living at Bodmin, Cornwall, where he died in 1933.
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Boy I: Cl: G. H. E. Sandford, H.M.S. Pylades) officially impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geoe. H. E. Sandford Ships Corpl. H.M.S. Jumna.) engraved naming, small edge bruise to the first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £500-£700
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George Henry E. Sandford was born at Mark, Somerset, on 3 November 1848, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd class aboard H.M.S. Duncan on 2 April 1863. He joined Pylades as Boy 1st class on 2 November 1864, serving in this ship until 7 November 1866. He advanced to Ordinary Seaman 2nd class in Zebra in November 1866, and to Able Seaman in April 1867. His subsequent ships included Duke of Wellington, Hercules and Triumph, in which ship be became Ship’s Corporal 2nd class in December 1873, and Jumna, which ship he joined in September 1875, was advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st class, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in December 1875. Noted as ‘worthy of advancement - very trustworthy and steady’, and with character always ‘exemplary’ or occasionally ‘very good’, he was appointed Master at Arms aboard the Duke of Wellington in March 1883. After further service, he was finally shore pensioned from St Vincent on 2 March 1887.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll claim for C.G.S. which was made in September 1900. He was then living at Bodmin, Cornwall, where he died in 1933.
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Pair: Master at Arms G. H. E. Sandford, Royal Navy
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Boy I: Cl: G. H. E. Sandford, H.M.S. Pylades) officially impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geoe. H. E. Sandford Ships Corpl. H.M.S. Jumna.) engraved naming, small edge bruise to the first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £500-£700
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George Henry E. Sandford was born at Mark, Somerset, on 3 November 1848, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd class aboard H.M.S. Duncan on 2 April 1863. He joined Pylades as Boy 1st class on 2 November 1864, serving in this ship until 7 November 1866. He advanced to Ordinary Seaman 2nd class in Zebra in November 1866, and to Able Seaman in April 1867. His subsequent ships included Duke of Wellington, Hercules and Triumph, in which ship be became Ship’s Corporal 2nd class in December 1873, and Jumna, which ship he joined in September 1875, was advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st class, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in December 1875. Noted as ‘worthy of advancement - very trustworthy and steady’, and with character always ‘exemplary’ or occasionally ‘very good’, he was appointed Master at Arms aboard the Duke of Wellington in March 1883. After further service, he was finally shore pensioned from St Vincent on 2 March 1887.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll claim for C.G.S. which was made in September 1900. He was then living at Bodmin, Cornwall, where he died in 1933.
Canada General Service 1866-70, 1 clasp, Fenian Raid 1866 (Boy I: Cl: G. H. E. Sandford, H.M.S. Pylades) officially impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Geoe. H. E. Sandford Ships Corpl. H.M.S. Jumna.) engraved naming, small edge bruise to the first, otherwise extremely fine (2) £500-£700
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George Henry E. Sandford was born at Mark, Somerset, on 3 November 1848, and entered the Navy as a Boy 2nd class aboard H.M.S. Duncan on 2 April 1863. He joined Pylades as Boy 1st class on 2 November 1864, serving in this ship until 7 November 1866. He advanced to Ordinary Seaman 2nd class in Zebra in November 1866, and to Able Seaman in April 1867. His subsequent ships included Duke of Wellington, Hercules and Triumph, in which ship be became Ship’s Corporal 2nd class in December 1873, and Jumna, which ship he joined in September 1875, was advanced to Ship’s Corporal 1st class, and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. medal in December 1875. Noted as ‘worthy of advancement - very trustworthy and steady’, and with character always ‘exemplary’ or occasionally ‘very good’, he was appointed Master at Arms aboard the Duke of Wellington in March 1883. After further service, he was finally shore pensioned from St Vincent on 2 March 1887.
Sold with copied record of service and medal roll claim for C.G.S. which was made in September 1900. He was then living at Bodmin, Cornwall, where he died in 1933.
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