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Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd 'Coronation robes' issue (Samuel...
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Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Samuel William Prowse); G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Ernest Vowden.) in fitted case of issue; G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Leonard Charles Thomas) extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Samuel William Prowse was born in Plymouth in 1874 and appointed a Fitter at the Admiralty’s Devonport Dockyard on 6 June 1904, Retiring as an Assistant Overseer, Grade II in April 1934, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 20 April 1934). Later moving to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the 1939 Register reveals him as employed by the Admiralty in the Tyne shipbuilding yards as a ‘Gun Mounting Overseer’. He died in Newcastle aged 88 (Retired Overseer) on 4 November 1962. George Ernest Vowden was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, in 1878 and appointed a Skilled Labourer at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, on 14 March 1918. Retiring as a Driller in 1938, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 8 November 1938). He died in Plympton on 3 June 1941, aged 62. Leonard Charles Thomas was born in Plymouth in 1885 and was appointed to H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. Retiring as a Shipwright in 1950, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 22 December 1950). He died in Devonport in 1953, aged 67. Sold with copied research.
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Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Samuel William Prowse); G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Ernest Vowden.) in fitted case of issue; G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Leonard Charles Thomas) extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Samuel William Prowse was born in Plymouth in 1874 and appointed a Fitter at the Admiralty’s Devonport Dockyard on 6 June 1904, Retiring as an Assistant Overseer, Grade II in April 1934, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 20 April 1934). Later moving to Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the 1939 Register reveals him as employed by the Admiralty in the Tyne shipbuilding yards as a ‘Gun Mounting Overseer’. He died in Newcastle aged 88 (Retired Overseer) on 4 November 1962. George Ernest Vowden was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, in 1878 and appointed a Skilled Labourer at H.M. Dockyard, Devonport, on 14 March 1918. Retiring as a Driller in 1938, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 8 November 1938). He died in Plympton on 3 June 1941, aged 62. Leonard Charles Thomas was born in Plymouth in 1885 and was appointed to H.M. Dockyard, Devonport. Retiring as a Shipwright in 1950, he was awarded the Imperial Service Medal that same year (London Gazette 22 December 1950). He died in Devonport in 1953, aged 67. Sold with copied research.
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