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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 781

Pair: Private R. W. Slocombe, Royal Marines

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (R. W. Slocombe, Pte. R.M.); Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, contact marks and wear, fine to good fine, the second better (2)


Robert Walter Slocombe was born on 7 June 1863 at East Stonehouse, Devon, and enlisted at Plymouth for the Royal Marine Light Infantry, Plymouth Division, on 7 July 1882. A labourer by occupation, he saw extensive servive aboard a wide variety of vessels and shore bases including Superb, Euryalus, Ajax, Indus and the cruiser Retribution. Discharged on 22 July 1903, Slocombe enrolled into the Royal Fleet Reserve on 18 July 1904. He returned to serve with the Marines during the Great War, and was present during the Ostend landings and the defence of Antwerp. Sent to Dunkirk, he transferred to the cruiser Pactolus, serving aboard her from 29 January 1916-12 March 1919, before being demobilised and discharged medically unfit; sold with copied service record which notes his son, Seaman Walter Slocombe, serving aboard the battlecruiser New Zealand during the Great War.

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Sold for
£150

Starting price
£130