Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman W. R. Jones, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (SS.2673 W. R. Jones A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.2673 W. R. Jones A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (SS.2673 Dev.B.-5633 W. R. Jones A.B. R.F.R) very fine (4) £70-£90

William Richard Jones, a rope wire making labourer from Warrington, Lancashire, was born 21 February 1890. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 18 September 1909, he was promoted Able Seaman on 29 November 1910, and transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 22 February 1914. Recalled for service during the Great War, he served in H.M.S. Ocean and H.M.S. Dido. Demobilised from War Service on 13 December 1918, he was shore demobilised from the Royal Fleet Reserve on 4 June 1924.