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Auction: 15001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 118

A Rare 'Liwondi 1893' Group of Three to Petty Officer G.E. Bird, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, one clasp, Liwondi 1893 (G.E. Bird, A.B., H.M.S. Mosquito.); British War Medal (134379 G.E. Bird. P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., E.VII.R (G.E. Bird, Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.), generally very fine, mounted as originally worn (3)

134379 Petty Officer George Edward Bird, born Skeffling, Yorkshire, 1870; joined the Royal Navy as Boy Second Class, 1885; service included in H.M.S. Mosquito, January 1892-April 1893; 'Pension' 21.5.1911; re-engaged for the Great War, and served at H.M.S. Pembroke, 2.8.1914-25.2.1919.

Bird's East and West Africa Medal was issued 18.1.1907.

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