Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria including the collection to Naval Artificers formed by JH Deacon

Three: Midshipman J. J. G. Poole, Royal Naval Reserve

British War Medal (Mid., R.N.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (John J. G. Poole); Victory Medal (Mid., R.N.R.); together with memorial plaque (John Jeffery Graham Poole), extremely fine (4) £100-120

John Jeffery Graham Poole was appointed a Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve in November 1917 and was killed in action aboard H.M.S. Almanzora in the English Channel on 24 October 1918. Aged just 17 years, he was buried in Margate, Kent, his hometown.

Sold with original Board of Trade forwarding letter for the recipient’s Mercantile Marine War Medal, addressed to his mother; and three recent photographs of his grave.