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posted on 2024-01-16, 15:02 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

He was in the Merchant Navy before the war, then he joined the Royal Navy and served in the war on HMS Venus, he survived the war and went back into the Merchant Navy until 1922 then went into farming.

He received two medals during the war and received a gratuity at the end of the War due to the loss of one of his fingers in action.

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Karen Bosman

Subject of the story/individual the object(s) relate to

Isaac Pinkney

Date(s) the event(s) in the story took place

1914-1918

Location(s) where the event(s) in the story took place

The war at sea

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Books from Merchant Navy Diary Papers - Service Records Ship Information - HMS Venus

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Southern Roadshow, Gosport (13/02/19)

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