Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Shipwright S. J. Lean, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (S. J. Lean Car: Mte: H.M.S. Pelorus); 1914-15 Star (151872. S. J. Lean, Ch. Shpt., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (151872 S. J. Lean. Ch. Shpt. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (S. J. Lean, Car. Mate. H.M.S. Pearl.) generally very fine (5) £160-£200

Samuel John Lean was born in Devonport, Devon in December 1862. He joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright in October 1892. Lean advanced to Carpenter’s Mate in October 1897, and served with H.M.S. Pelorus, July 1899 - June 1901 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in December 1904). He advanced to Chief Shipwright in August 1914, and served with H.M.S. Amphitrite during the Great War. Lean was ‘Invalided’, 7 June 1915.