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Auction: 13001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 74

Four: Chief Petty Officer W.G. Keeping. C.P.O. R.N.
1914-15 Star (160771, W.G. Keeping. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (160771 W.G. Keeping. C.P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R. (160771 W.G. Keeping. C.P.O, H.M.S. Hyacinth.), traces of lacquer, good very fine (4)

160771 Chief Petty Officer William George Keeping, born Lambeth, Surrey, July 1875; enlisted in the Royal Navy, as Boy 2nd Class, serving in H.M.S. Boscawen, May 1891; transferred to H.M.S. Hyacinth, 7.2.1907; advanced Chief Petty Officer, 13.3.1908; awarded L.S.& G.C., 14.8.1908; served during the Great War; discharged, 3.1.1920.

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