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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 36

A ´G.V.R.´ Naval Good Shooting Medal Group of Four to Petty Officer G.F. Brown, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (226773 G.F. Brown. P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (226773 G.F. Brown. P.O. R.N.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, G.V.R. (226773. G.F. Brown, Ldg. Sean. H.M.S. Yarmouth. 1914. 6 In. B.L.), last with naming details rubbed, nearly extremely fine Estimate £ 240-280 226773 Petty Officer Gilbert Francis Brown, born Camberwell, London, 1888; joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, 1906; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Yarmouth, 1914-28.8.1917, and was borne on the books of H.M.S. Mantua, when he died of Pneumonia, 23.8.1918, he is buried in Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone.

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