Three: Plumber R. J. Netherton, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (159918 R. J. Netherton. Pbr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (159918 R. J. Netherton, Plumr., H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh.) good very fine (3) £80-£100

Richard James Netherton was born on 27 January 1869, at Plymouth, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Plumber’s Mate in H.M.S. Indus, on 16 April 1891, and was advanced to Plumber in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 27 February 1896. He served in several ships including H.M.S. Indus, H.M.S. Europa, H.M.S. Niobe, H.M.S. Sutlej and H.M.S. Caernarvon. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1906, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Actaeon on 1 April 1913, but was recalled for service in the Great War, and appears to have spent most of the War serving in H.M. Hospital Ship St. Margaret of Scotland, which was provided and equipped for the Royal Navy by the Scottish branch of the British Red Cross Society. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Impregnable, on 29 December 1919.