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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 27

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (PO.6416. Sergt. A.B. Cox, R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Princess Margaret. 1917.), good very fine

D.S.M. London Gazette 1.10.1917 Sergt. Alfred Benjamin Cox, R.M.L.I., No. Po./6416.

The award of the Distinguished Service Medal was in recognition of good services and devotion to duty whilst serving in the Minelayer H.M.S. Princess Margaret. In December 1914 the Princess Margaret was taken up from Merchant Service and converted to a Minelayer, with a mine carrying capacity of 500 mines. She was one of the largest Minelayers used by the Royal Navy.

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