Auction Catalogue

8 & 9 May 2019

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 1005

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9 May 2019

Hammer Price:
£120

Pair: Senior Reserve Attendant G. Brittain, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

British War Medal 1914-20 (M.9424 G. Brittain. S.R.A. R.N.) in named card box of issue; Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1144. G. Brittain. S.R.A. R.N.A.S.B.R.) about extremely fine (2) £120-£160

George Brittain was born in Eastern Green, Warwick, on 18 May 1893, and joined the Royal Navy on 5 August 1914. He served for the duration of the Great War as a Senior Reserve Attendant at Chatham Hospital, whilst on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke, and was shore pensioned on 20 June 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3 November 1922.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.