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Auction: 11011 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 51

Five: Chief Petty Officer G.H. Groves, Royal Navy Queen´s South Africa 1899-1902, one clasp, Defence of Ladysmith (124261 P-O: G.H. Groves, H.M.S. Powerful), impressed naming; 1914-15 Star (124261, G.H. Groves, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124261 G.H. Groves. C.P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (G.H. Groves, C.P.O. H.M.S. Excellent.), contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 550-650 124261 Chief Petty Officer George Henry Groves, born Canada, 1868; joined Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1883; Petty Officer 1st Class, 1897; served in H.M.S. Powerful, 8.6.1897-8.6.1900; served during the Great War at H.M.S. Fisgard and in H.M.S. Canada (battleship), 10.8.1915-3.9.1917; during which time she participated in the Battle of Jutland, 31 May - 1st June 1916; discharged 20.2.1919.

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