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Three: Mr. G. Martin, Waterworks Foreman, Torquay Town Council St John Ambulance Brigade...
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Three: Mr. G. Martin, Waterworks Foreman, Torquay Town Council
St John Ambulance Brigade Coronation 1911 (Cpl. G. Martin); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘5106’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, the edge officially numbered ‘2694’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George Martin.’, with additional ‘Five Years’ clasp, and top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180
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George Martin was born in Okehampton, Devon in 1874. Moving to Torquay where he married in 1896 he was employed by the Torquay Town Council as a Turncock with the Waterworks Department, and received the Coronation Medal 1911 as a Corporal with the Torquay St John Ambulance Brigade. His employment as a Turncock made him an ideal volunteer with the Torquay Fire Brigade, and he was awarded the Fire Brigades Union bronze medal for Ten Years service on 5 February 1914 and later the Fire Brigades Association silver medal for Twenty Years service with an addition clasp for a further Five Years service. By 1921 he had been promoted to Foreman with the Torquay Waterworks Department. He died at Newton Abbot on 18 February 1965, aged 90.
Sold with the original named and numbered enclosure for the NFBU Medal; and copied research.
St John Ambulance Brigade Coronation 1911 (Cpl. G. Martin); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘5106’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, the edge officially numbered ‘2694’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George Martin.’, with additional ‘Five Years’ clasp, and top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180
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George Martin was born in Okehampton, Devon in 1874. Moving to Torquay where he married in 1896 he was employed by the Torquay Town Council as a Turncock with the Waterworks Department, and received the Coronation Medal 1911 as a Corporal with the Torquay St John Ambulance Brigade. His employment as a Turncock made him an ideal volunteer with the Torquay Fire Brigade, and he was awarded the Fire Brigades Union bronze medal for Ten Years service on 5 February 1914 and later the Fire Brigades Association silver medal for Twenty Years service with an addition clasp for a further Five Years service. By 1921 he had been promoted to Foreman with the Torquay Waterworks Department. He died at Newton Abbot on 18 February 1965, aged 90.
Sold with the original named and numbered enclosure for the NFBU Medal; and copied research.
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Three: Mr. G. Martin, Waterworks Foreman, Torquay Town Council
St John Ambulance Brigade Coronation 1911 (Cpl. G. Martin); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘5106’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, the edge officially numbered ‘2694’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George Martin.’, with additional ‘Five Years’ clasp, and top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180
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George Martin was born in Okehampton, Devon in 1874. Moving to Torquay where he married in 1896 he was employed by the Torquay Town Council as a Turncock with the Waterworks Department, and received the Coronation Medal 1911 as a Corporal with the Torquay St John Ambulance Brigade. His employment as a Turncock made him an ideal volunteer with the Torquay Fire Brigade, and he was awarded the Fire Brigades Union bronze medal for Ten Years service on 5 February 1914 and later the Fire Brigades Association silver medal for Twenty Years service with an addition clasp for a further Five Years service. By 1921 he had been promoted to Foreman with the Torquay Waterworks Department. He died at Newton Abbot on 18 February 1965, aged 90.
Sold with the original named and numbered enclosure for the NFBU Medal; and copied research.
St John Ambulance Brigade Coronation 1911 (Cpl. G. Martin); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, bronze, the edge officially numbered ‘5106’, with top ‘Ten Years’ brooch bar; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, the edge officially numbered ‘2694’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George Martin.’, with additional ‘Five Years’ clasp, and top ‘Twenty Years’ brooch bar, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £140-£180
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George Martin was born in Okehampton, Devon in 1874. Moving to Torquay where he married in 1896 he was employed by the Torquay Town Council as a Turncock with the Waterworks Department, and received the Coronation Medal 1911 as a Corporal with the Torquay St John Ambulance Brigade. His employment as a Turncock made him an ideal volunteer with the Torquay Fire Brigade, and he was awarded the Fire Brigades Union bronze medal for Ten Years service on 5 February 1914 and later the Fire Brigades Association silver medal for Twenty Years service with an addition clasp for a further Five Years service. By 1921 he had been promoted to Foreman with the Torquay Waterworks Department. He died at Newton Abbot on 18 February 1965, aged 90.
Sold with the original named and numbered enclosure for the NFBU Medal; and copied research.
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