Pair: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class G. M. Tarbet, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (G. M. Tarbert, E.R.A., H.M.S. Niobe) small impressed naming; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269681 G. McV. Tarbet, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Warrior) minor contact marks, good very fine
£140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Ron Tuppen Collection of Naval Medals to Engine Room Officers.

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George McVicar Tarbet was born in Glasgow on 19 September 1896. Entering the Royal Navy in March 1899, he served on Niobe as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, September 1899-October 1900. He attained the rank of E.R.A. 1st Class in March 1911. Served on Warrior, November 1912-February 1915; Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1914. Later served on Thrasher, Vivid, P.13 and P.75. Pensioned in 1921.

H.M.S. Warrior was an armoured cruiser; badly damaged at the battle of Jutland, she foundered while being towed, 1 June 1916.

With copied service paper.