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Auction: 11010 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 75

Four: Private A. Cunnell, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (Ch.8792, Pte. A. Cunnell, R.M.LI.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch.8792. Pte. A. Cunnell. R.M.L.I.); Italy, Kingdom, Messina Earthquake Medal 1908, silver, unnamed as issued, generally very fine, mounted as originally worn (4) Estimate £ 140-180 Ch.8792 Private Alfred Cunnell, born Camberwell, London, 1876; enlisted as Private Royal Marine Light Infantry, 1896; served in H.M.S. Minerva, 22.9.1908-17.10.1910, during which time he partcipated in the rescue operations after the Messina Earthquake, 1908, and was one of the men from the Naval force who landed from the ships to give assistance; service during the Great War included in H.M.S. Sutlej, October 1914-April 1915.

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