A WWI NAVAL LSGC GROUP TO GRIBBLE RN
1914/15 Star correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble AB RN
Pair correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble AB RN
GV LSGC correctly impressed 204203 E R Gribble HMS Tiger
Swing mounted
Condition GVF
| Estimate: |
£200 - £300
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Hammer price:
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£200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
With the
original minesweeping badge and the postcard of HMS Tiger. Plus, a silk
postcard.
Ernest Robert
Gribble was born on the 1st of April 1882 in Plymouth. He joined the Roya Navy
on his 18th birthday, first serving as a Boy 1st Class.
He spent the
whole of the Great War serving on HMS Tiger and saw service at Jutland. Gribble
was awarded the Long Service Good Conduct Medal in 1915 and pensioned in March
1922.
He was
sentenced to 3 months of imprisonment on the 9th of October 1930 for opening
mail in transit.
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