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Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. T. Joyce, Gunner, No. 1675 R.M.A.)...
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William Thomas Joyce was born in Windsor, Berkshire, on 26 December 1856 and joined the Royal Marine Artillery at Salisbury on 26 February 1883. Appointed Gunner on 25 October 1883, he served both afloat and ashore over the next two decades, most notably in H.M.S. Agamemnon from 16 September 1884 to 22 April 1886, and was involved in the Port Hamilton incident in 1885, where a show of strength by the Royal Navy at Port Hamilton, an island off Korea, helped avert a potential war with Russia. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 March 1898, and was discharged on 25 February 1904, after 21 years’ service. This is his sole medallic entitlement.
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William Thomas Joyce was born in Windsor, Berkshire, on 26 December 1856 and joined the Royal Marine Artillery at Salisbury on 26 February 1883. Appointed Gunner on 25 October 1883, he served both afloat and ashore over the next two decades, most notably in H.M.S. Agamemnon from 16 September 1884 to 22 April 1886, and was involved in the Port Hamilton incident in 1885, where a show of strength by the Royal Navy at Port Hamilton, an island off Korea, helped avert a potential war with Russia. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 16 March 1898, and was discharged on 25 February 1904, after 21 years’ service. This is his sole medallic entitlement.
Sold with copied service papers and other research.
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