pgarwood Posted 8 December , 2014 Share Posted 8 December , 2014 He is dittoed as being in the same boat (pardon the pun) as F W Webb above. I am not sure what that means after almost 21years service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 8 December , 2014 Share Posted 8 December , 2014 Perhaps he qualified for "long service" but was ineligible because of a lack of "good conduct". He required fifteen years continuous VG conduct assessments (and there were other requirements). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seaJane Posted 8 December , 2014 Share Posted 8 December , 2014 Jane, dittoed from ineligible in the line above for Webb I see - apologies! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horatio2 Posted 9 December , 2014 Share Posted 9 December , 2014 As I suspected, Rooke's record shows he was ineligible for LS&GC Medal because, although he had 15 years of VG conduct, his character was assessed as "Fair" in 1898 in consequence of desertion (he was marked "Run"). The conditions of the award were that previous character must not be inferior to "Good". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonflyKing Posted 17 October , 2015 Share Posted 17 October , 2015 Sorry for late reply to very old post. I am also interested in item (8). Did you ever receive an answer about the gratuity? My great-grandfather was at HMS Nelson and also received "10/- Grat for raisg U.28 Nelson Feb 05" This was just 1 month after joining the Navy so I find it unlikely that he was being rewarded for some action. He would have been from poor farming background so I suspect that this was for something he would need to buy for his naval service - uniform, mess kit, tools but I have no real idea and would like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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