Hampshire Telegraph: Saturday 27th March 1875 

The under-mentioned have been awarded the medal for “long service and good conduct”: William Tovell, sergt. of the Pembroke; Alfred Butler and George Vernon, sergts. and William Hagger, corporal, of the Royal Naval Barracks; William Phillips, C. Farrant, Thomas Hoare, John Graham, and John Stewart, privates of the Pembroke; Leonard Sevill, J. W. Sanders, and John Husband, privates of the Royal Naval Barracks; and Timothy O’Connell, private, of the Valiant, all of the Royal Marines; and John Pinsent, stoker of the Vanguard, with gratuity of £5. James Barnes; master-at-arms, of the Duke of Wellington, and a gratuity of £20; … (continues)


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Referenced

GRO0500 Bovey Tracey: John Pinsent: 1831 – 1908