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Auction: 25113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 208

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (D/SKX870523 J. D. Ansell. P.O.M. (E). R.N.) a later claim, very fine; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (CH. 20925 (CH. B.3175) J. Bell. Mne. R.F.R.), contact marks good fine; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Miss Margaret Elizabeth Doulton), in case of issue, extremely fine; Royal Agricultural Society of England Long Service Medal (Ernest Charles Newton 56 Years Service 1955), in case of issue, extremely fine (4)

John Bell was born on 23 October 1898 at Hurstbourne Prior, Whitchurch, Hampshire and was a carter before he enlisted into the Royal Marines on 2 October 1916. He served on Repulse between 25 August 1917 - 17 December 1918 and is entitled to a British War and Victory Medal Pair. Bell was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in March 1932. He served on S.S. Daghestan in a D.E.M.S. capacity when she was sunk by German U-Boats on 25 March 1940 and is commemorated on the Chatham Memorial.

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Starting price
£70

Sale 25113 Notices
‘Another Naval General Service Medal awarded to J. D. Ansell, was sold at Bonham’s in March 2014, this as part of a group of three, with clasps for Near East, Cyprus’