Four: Petty Officer Steward B. W. Cranshaw, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (L.10055 B. W. Cranshaw. O.S.3. R.N.) abrasions to ‘3’ of rate on both; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue (L.10055 B. W. Cranshaw. P.O. Stwd. H.M.S. Victory.) mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90

Benjamin William Cranshaw was born in East Ham, London, on 7 June 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as an Officer’s Steward Third Class on 8 February 1917. He served during the latter stages of the Great War in a variety of ships, including H.M.S. Dido, H.M.S. Nimrod, and H.M.S. Shakespeare, and was promoted Officer’s Steward Second Class on 25 January 1919, and First Class on 1 July of that year. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 February 1932 and was advanced Chief Petty Officer Steward on 24 June 1934. He was awarded the 1937 Coronation Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Glorious, and was shore pensioned on 7 February 1939.