PRE WW1 BRITISH NAVY LONG SERVICE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL MUSICIAN ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY

Offered is an original Royal Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Service Medal, which was awarded to Musician Corporal Philip Elford, who served in Royal Marine Light Infantry.

36mm wide circular silver medal on claw and swivel ribbon bar suspension; the face with the young head of Queen Victoria, circumscribed ‘VICTORIA REGINA’ and signed ‘WYON’ on the base of the neck, the reverse with a three-masted man-of-war within a circular rope, a reef knot at the base, circumscribed ‘FOR LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT’, named to: PHILIP ELFORD, CORPL NO 941 PLYMO R.M.L.I. Some minor edge wear, but generally very good and comes with a copy of his printed naval service record.

Philip Elford was born on 2 June 1849 at Bodmin, Cornwall on 2 June 1849 and enlisted in the R.M.L.I. on his 25th birthday. He enjoyed steady promotion, from Private to Musician to Corporal and finally Sergeant in April 1887, his character consistently rated as 'exemplary'. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1886 and, having come ashore in June 1891, he joined the Permanent Staff of the 3rd Battalion, Devon Regiment. Rare to come across musican's related medals.