THE ROYAL NAVY LONG SERVICE AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO GUNNER H.H. BURY (SURNAME SOMETIMES SPELT BURRY), ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY, WHO SAW SERVICE IN BENIN, 1897, AND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (renamed, impressed in contemporary serifed block capitals: H.H. BURY R M A). Extremely Fine and with a length of original ribbon.
Medal accompanied by biographical details, extract 1911 census, 1 page service record and extract East and West Africa Medal roll, confirming that Bury was also entitled to the East and West Africa Medal with Benin 1897 clasp for service as a member of the shore party from HMS St. George during that campaign, the medal roll confirming that this medal was delivered to Bury aboard HMS Benbow on 3/5/1898.
Henry "Harry" Herbert Bury (1876-1943) was born in Pimlico, London, on 18/2/1876. He enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery on 21/4/1894 at London and saw service initially as a Private in the Royal Marine Artillery, was promoted Gunner, 2nd class, 2/2/1895, Gunner, 15/5/1895, volunteering to extend his service on 10/11/1905, transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 21/4/1915 and after seeing service during the First World War was demobilised and discharged from the Navy on 26/6/1919. Service papers confirm that, in addition to the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Gunner Bury was also entitled to the East and West Africa Medal with Benin 1897 clasp. Bury was also entitled to a 1914-15 Star trio for service during WW1.
