Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer H. S. Smith, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (216008 H. S. Smith P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (216008 H. S. Smith P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (216008 H. S. Smith P.O. 1Cl. H.M.S. Emperor of India) nearly very fine (4) £80-£120

Henry Safford Smith, a messenger from Bedford, was born on 4 November 1885, and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 14 November 1903. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Cochrane and H.M.S. Emperor of India, in which latter ship he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 November 1918. He was shore pensioned on 29 September 1922.