Four: Chief Petty Officer H. F. Frost, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.20054, H. F. Frost, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20054 H. F. Frost. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (20054 H. F. Frost. P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) nearly very fine and better

Pair: Ordinary Seaman R. Collenette, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.83779 R. Collenette. Ord. R.N.) good fine (6) £100-£140

Herbert Frank Frost was born in Sudbury on 24 September 1895 and joined the Royal Navy at Chatham as Boy 2nd Class on 23 September 1912. Raised Able Seaman aboard the pre-dreadnought battleship Hibernia 29 September 1914, he transferred to the auxiliary minelayer Biarritz on 27 August 1915 and was raised Leading Seaman aboard her on 25 February 1918. Serving under the command of Captain Edgar R. Morant in the Mediterranean, the Biarritz was criticised as ‘too small for a large minelayer and too slow for a small one...’ Another serious disadvantage was that her 125 mines were carried on the upper deck.

Transferred to a variety of ships and shore establishments, Frost was awarded with his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 December 1928. Posted to Wanderer and Versatile between 1930 and 1934, he was shore pensioned on 23 September 1935 but returned as Chief Petty Officer for home service at Pembroke during the Second World War. He died at Sheppey in Kent in 1973.

Ralph Collenette was born on the island of Guernsey on 6 November 1900, the third son of photographic artist Benjamin Collenette. He joined the Royal Navy on 15 June 1918 and served aboard the training ship Powerful and the battleship Emperor of India. Invalided from service 10 September 1919, he later worked as a hotel maintenance man in Hampstead and died on 23 November 1989.