Royal Navy Long Service Medal, George V, 2nd issue, HMS Vindictive

Arthur Henry Davis was born on 21 June 1897 at Leather Market, London, when he joined the Navy in 1916 he gave his occupation as a "Factory Boy". With ecopies of record if req'd. HMS Vindictive was a warship built during the First World War for the Royal Navy (RN).

Originally designed as a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser and laid down under the name Cavendish, she was converted into an aircraft carrier while still being built. Renamed in 1918, she was completed a few weeks before the end of the war and saw no active service with the Grand Fleet. The following year she participated in the British campaign in the Baltic against the Bolsheviks during which her aircraft made numerous attacks against the naval base at Kronstadt. A year after her return in 1928, she was again placed in reserve. Her first role after the conversion was completed in early 1940, however, was to transport troops during the Norwegian Campaign. All items are unconditionally guaranteed as to authenticity. We are members of The Orders & Medals Research Society, (OMRS), The Orders & Medals Society of America (OMSA), The Military Collectors Club of Canada (MCC of C) & The Canadian Society of Medals & Military Insignia (CSMMI). Please visit our website : arcticmedals dot com for illustrated list of Military Medals and especially Canadian badges. Fair prices offered for your surplus items or trade. All items are guaranteed genuine unless otherwise stated.

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