National Fire Brigades Union. Bronze issue Long Service Medal, with integral top '10 Years' bar. Officially numbered on the rim (3454)

Sold together with original box of issue (a/f), this with the official named & dated paper insert on the top silk panel 'John Botting Paddockhurst Fire Brigade 7 Aug 1909 3454'

The recipient was a volunteer Fireman serving with the Paddockhurst Fire Brigade, on the Worth Estate (owned by Lord Cowdray), Worth, Turner's Hill, Sussex, England. The Fire Brigade was staffed by volunteers drawn from amongst workers on the estate

John Botting, eldest son of George Botting and Ann Botting (nee Williams), was a native of Balcombe, Surrey, England, where he was born in 1867 (baptized on, 16 February 1867). Growing up, John was never short of company, as he had an older step-brother, and 9 x full-blood siblings!. Employed variously as a General Labourer / Farm Labourer, John, married Ellen Tingley (a native of Worth) at Worth, Surrey, on, 9 October 1888. At the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for England and Wales, John (shown as General Labourer) and his wife, Ellen, were recorded residing at, 12 London Road, Balcombe, Surrey, together with their two children, a daughter, Ellen Botting and a son. John William Botting. John Botting is recorded to have died at, Cuckfield, Surrey, England, sometime during the third quarter of 1935

Florence Alice Munford, at, St Luke, Finchley, Barnet, Middlesex, England, on, 5 June 1920, at which time he is described as employed as an 'Engraver'. At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England & Wales in 1939, Thomas is shown residing at, 34 Howard Road, New Malden, together with his wife, at which time he is described as employed as a 'Bank Note Engraver & Designer', and serving as an 'Officer' with a Private London Fire Brigade, while his wife is shown as a serving British Red Cross Society 'Auxiliary'. Thomas Leishman is recorded to have died at, 24 Langley Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey, England, on, 24 June 1977

A medal of considerable 'Sussex - Turner's Hill' local history interest, to the Paddockhurst Fire Brigade - a private Fire Brigade maintained on the Worth Estate by Lady Cowdray

Condition: About EF

Code: 22967