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Pair: Master-at-Arms W. R. Dodd, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (W. R. Dodd, M.A.A. H.M....
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Pair: Master-at-Arms W. R. Dodd, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (W. R. Dodd, M.A.A. H.M.S. Endymion.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. R. Dodd, Sh. Corpl. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Tauranga.) impressed naming, suspension claw tightened on last, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £280-£340 --- William Robert Dodd was born in Dartmouth, Devon, in November 1860. He joined the Royal Navy as a Sailmaker’s Mate in November 1881, and advanced to Master-at-Arms in May 1899. His subsequent service included with H.M. Ships Impregnable from June 1888 until May 1891 (during which time he was awarded a Testimonial on Vellum by the Royal Humane Society); Tauranga from May 1891 until June 1894 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1892); and Endymion from June 1899 until July 1901. Dodd transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in May 1902, and was discharged due to age in November 1910. He tried to rejoin for service in the Great War, but was found ‘Medically Unfit’ on 27 August 1914. Sold with copied service papers.
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Pair: Master-at-Arms W. R. Dodd, Royal Navy China 1900, no clasp (W. R. Dodd, M.A.A. H.M.S. Endymion.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. R. Dodd, Sh. Corpl. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Tauranga.) impressed naming, suspension claw tightened on last, generally nearly very fine or better (2) £280-£340 --- William Robert Dodd was born in Dartmouth, Devon, in November 1860. He joined the Royal Navy as a Sailmaker’s Mate in November 1881, and advanced to Master-at-Arms in May 1899. His subsequent service included with H.M. Ships Impregnable from June 1888 until May 1891 (during which time he was awarded a Testimonial on Vellum by the Royal Humane Society); Tauranga from May 1891 until June 1894 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in January 1892); and Endymion from June 1899 until July 1901. Dodd transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in May 1902, and was discharged due to age in November 1910. He tried to rejoin for service in the Great War, but was found ‘Medically Unfit’ on 27 August 1914. Sold with copied service papers.
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