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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 509

Pair: Hospital Staff Sergeant W.J. Foley, Royal Marines
Royal Marines Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Ch.13519 Hos. Staff. Sgt. W.J. Foley. 28.2.1951), ´1´ of year overstamped on a number 2; Naval Long Service & G.C., G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (Ch.13519. W.J. Foley, Sergeant. R.M.L.I.), nearly extremely fine (2)

13519 Hospital Staff Sergeant William John Foley (1884-1953), born Aldershot, Hampshire; enlisted Private, Royal Marines, Chatham Division, 20.8.1903; advanced Sergeant 14.9.1913; served during the Great War at H.M.S. Attentive III, Dover (entitled British War Medal); L.S. & G.C. 14.12.1917; Colour Sergeant, 24.7.1920; Hospital Staff Sergeant 1.1.1923.

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