Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 523
Naval Long Service & G.C. (3), E.VII.R. (164681 J.R. Bassett, Sto. P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Devonshire); G.V.R., 1st ´Admiral´s bust´ type (2) (128807. Edward Young, M.A.A. H.M.S. Pembroke.; K.11612 H.E. Porter. S.P.O. H.M.S. Vernon.), good very fine (3)
164681 Chief Stoker John Roger Bassett, born Bermondsey, London, September 1872; enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker serving in H.M.S. Vivid II, November 1891; transferred to H.M.S. Bonaventure, March 1898; promoted Leading Stoker, 25.3.1900; transferred to H.M.S. Devonshire, 24.10.1905; promoted Stoker Petty Officer, 1.7.1906; awarded L.S.& G.C., 21.11.1906; promoted Chief Stoker, 14.2.1912; discharged, 24.11.1913; joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, 7.12.1913; discharged, 28.10.1918.
128807 Master-at-Arms Edward Young, born Woolwich, Kent, May 1868; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, serving in H.M.S. Impregnable, September 1884; advanced Master-at-Arms, May 1897; awarded L.S.& G.C., 5.3.1915; discharged, 20.1.1919.
K.11612 Stoker Petty Officer Harry Edward Porter, born Oxford, May 1888; enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker, 29.6.1911; awarded L.S.& G.C., 13.7.1926; discharged, 24.6.1928.
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