JANUARY 2025 UPDATE #2

COLFE'S GRAMMAR SCHOOL Bronze Sports Medallion to the patriotically named David Haig ELLIS, a member of the Cross-Country team who also competed in the High Jump, 100 yards & 220 yards races. In WW2 he joined the RN & was commissioned Sub-Lieut RNVR

£ 35.00

SKU: 60035

JANUARY 2025 UPDATE #2

1914/15 STAR to 182950 George Bertram KEELING A.B. R.N. Born Mutley. Served on HMS Forward during German Naval Bombardment of Hartlepool 16/11/14. Survived sinking of HMS Campania 5/11/18. In WW2 he was a Harwich publican

£ 65.00

SKU: 60034

JANUARY 2025 UPDATE #1

1914 STAR & old copy 'AUG-NOV 1914' Clasp to 7887 PTE Frank Henry DUMPER S.WALES BORD. Born Bishop's Waltham. Served Royal Navy 1901-02. To France 13/8/14 with 1st South Wales Borderers. KIA F&F 4/10/14. Commemorated on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial

£ 175.00

SKU: 60019

JANUARY 2025 UPDATE #1

VICTORY MEDAL to K.16550 William Henry McLAREN STO.1 R.N. Born Bermondsey. Served on HMS Owl in Battle of Jutland 31/5/16 & then on HMS Patriot, the kite balloon equipped destroyer credited with the sinking of German Submarine U-69 on 12/7/17

£ 30.00

SKU: 60011

JANUARY 2025 UPDATE #1

Original 'MINE CLEARANCE SERVICE' White Metal Cuff Badge, worn briefly from 1919 after the Mine Clearance Service was established to clear all sea mines. The MCS was administered by the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve until disbanded in 1920

£ 65.00

SKU: 60001

DECEMBER 2024 UPDATE #2

GRAVETT BROTHERS from Hove: (1) 1914/15 STAR to S.1-334 Charles David GRAVETT ORD. R.N.V.R. Served on HMS HAWKE & KIA North Sea 15/10/14; & (2) 1914/15 STAR to L-10529 PTE Edwin Thomas GRAVETT R.SUSS.R. KIA Aubers 9/5/15 with 2nd Royal Sussex Regt

£ 195.00

SKU: 59688

SEPTEMBER 2024 UPDATE

1914/15 STAR to PO-890 PTE George William KENNEWELL R.M.L.I. Born Gainsborough. To Gallipoli with Portsmouth Battn, Royal Marine Light Infantry, R.N.Division. KIA Gallipoli 24/6/15 & was buried in Redoubt Cemetery, Helles

£ 120.00

SKU: 59333

JULY 2024 UPDATE #2

VICTORY MEDAL to 196903 Charles Norman PEARN P.O. R.N. Born Plymouth. Served in HMS Magnificent during the Dardanelles campaign 1915 & took part in evacuation of Allied troops from Suvla Bay. Died St Budeaux 1922

£ 32.00

SKU: 59282

JULY 2024 UPDATE #1

ON SALE

'RN-' Prefixed SILVER WAR BADGE as issued to W. H. DAVIES, a Donkeyman in the Mercantile Marine Reserve. Reverse officially numbered 'RN30711' - ON SALE

£ 45.00 ~~£ 50.00~~ You Save 10%

SKU: 59252

JULY 2024 UPDATE #1

BWM & VICTORY MEDAL to 163128 Henry MINTER ACT.C.P.O. R.N. A Ballast Boy from Rotherhithe. Commended for his service in action between 19/2/15 and 24/4/15 in HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH at the Dardanelles & was MID LG 16/8/15

£ 120.00

SKU: 59250

JULY 2024 UPDATE #1

1914/15 STAR to 127495 John LEAN S.P.O. R.N. Born Landport. Joined Royal Navy 1/5/1885 & was awarded the Victorian LS&GC Medal 10/11/98. In October 1914 he was serving in HMS VENUS when she captured 2 German merchantmen

£ 38.00

SKU: 59251

JUNE 2024 UPDATE #2

UNIQUE MEMORIAL PLAQUE to T/LIEUT John Wilson ALEXANDER R.N.R. Born Bute, Rothesay. Commissioned 4/12/17. KIA Mediterranean 29/4/18 when German UB-48 torpedoed & sank his Tug 'Dalkeith' off Sardinia during the salvage of S.S. 'Kingstonian'

£ 195.00

SKU: 59223

DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE #2

BRITISH WAR MEDAL to J.A.F.X.FERNANDES - Believed to be a Goan Indian & Christian who served in the Mercantile Marine during WW1

£ 60.00

SKU: 58507

DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE #2

BRITISH WAR MEDAL to J.15213 William Henry POTTER L.S. R.N. Born Worcester. Joined the Royal Navy 1909 & was promoted Chief Petty Officer 1926. Pensioned in 1931, he re-joined in 1940 & was immediately discharged 'Permanently Unfit for Naval Service'

£ 28.00

SKU: 58506

DECEMBER 2023 UPDATE #1

BRITISH WAR MEDAL to 128962 Daniel JEFFREE C.P.O. R.N. Born Broadwater. Served in the Royal Navy for 35 years (1884-1919) & promoted Chief Petty Officer, although no sign of being awarded a LS&GC Medal. Also served as a Lymington Coast Guard 1910-13

£ 32.00

SKU: 58465

NOVEMBER 2023 UPDATE #2

MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL to RICHARD HOYLE. Born Plymouth & in 1904 he was fined for being Drunk & Disorderly there. In 1911 he was a Cook on SS 'Marden' (later sunk 16/4/17) & continued serving in the Mercantile Marine during WW1

£ 48.00

SKU: 58434

OCTOBER 2023 UPDATE #2

BWM & VICTORY MEDAL to ENG.S.LT Cecil HARRISON R.N.R. Born Darlington. Commissioned Engineering Sub-Lieutenant 24/1/18 & served in the Minesweeper 'HMS Lewes'. In WW2 he served in the Merchant Navy as a Marine Engineer

£ 120.00

SKU: 58389

OCTOBER 2023 UPDATE #2

BWM & VICTORY MEDAL to 2nd LIEUT Joseph Bland PEARSON R.A.F. Mining Surveyor from Houghton-le-Spring. Joined Royal Flying Corps 1917. Commissioned 2nd Lieut & served as Sopwith Dolphin Pilot, 23rd Squadron RAF from 23/10/18. Joined the RAFVR in WW2

£ 175.00

SKU: 58378

OCTOBER 2023 UPDATE #1

VICTORY MEDAL to G.REID, TRIMMER, M.M.R. The Mercantile Marine Reserve was an unusual unit, formed 1916 for merchant officers & seamen who served on commissioned vessels whilst retaining aspects of their civilian pay & benefits. Disbanded 1920

£ 75.00

SKU: 58354

FEBRUARY 2023 UPDATE #1

VICTORY MEDAL to J-64078 William Henry TINDALL A.B. R.N. Born Plumstead. Served in the R-class destroyer 'HMS Retriever' from 11/9/18 until demobilised 29/5/19. In 1939 he was living at Sutton Scotney, Winchester

£ 22.00

SKU: 57245

JANUARY 2023 UPDATE #2

SILVER WAR BADGE officially numbered RN-37695, as issued to SS-9672 Thomas Henry Sammons R.N. Born West Ham & discharged from the Royal Navy with chronic rheumatism - probably his sole WW1 entitlement

£ 45.00

SKU: 57221

DECEMBER 2022 UPDATE #2

ON SALE

BRITISH WAR MEDAL to CHIEF GUNNER Henry Charles NEWMAN R.N. Awarded the MBE (Military) in 1919 for his valuable services in HMS Emperor of India & was invested by The King. Retired as Lieutenant RN 12/8/22 & was a Portsmouth ARP Warden in WW2 - ON...

£ 75.00 ~~£ 85.00~~ You Save 12%

SKU: 57134

AUGUST 2022 UPDATE #2

ON SALE

1914 TRIO & GvR R.F.R. LS&GC MEDAL to PLY-16415 PTE Gilbert SMITH R.M.B. / R.M.L.I. Landed at Ostende with Royal Marine Brigade 27/8/14, then served at Dunkirk 19/9/14. Taken PoW 12/10/14 during the Defence of Antwerp & interned in Holland - ON

£ 425.00 ~~£ 475.00~~ You Save 11%

SKU: 56862

AUGUST 2022 UPDATE #1

ON SALE

1914/15 TRIO to CLK / PAY.S.LT David Lionel Graham AGG-LARGE R.N. Probationary Midshipman in HMS 'Conqueror' 1/5/14, then Clerk 15/4/15 & Acting Assistant Paymaster 28/2/17. Admitted to R.N.Hospital, Plymouth with Neurasthenia 5/4/19 - ON SALE

£ 175.00 ~~£ 195.00~~ You Save 11%

SKU: 56832