Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Sick Berth Steward W. H. Haynes, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (132031 W. H. Haynes Ch.S.B.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (132031 W. H. Haynes Ch.S.B.S. R.N); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. H. Haynes S.B. Stewd. H.M.S. Majestic) good very fine (4) £140-£180

William Henry Haynes, a footman from Oxford, was born on 6 February 1867. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 12 March 1885, he was advanced Chief Sick Berth Steward on 17 May 1900, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July of that year. He served during the Great War service in H.M.S. Venus, as part of the 11th Cruiser Squadron off Ireland, before he was invalided from the Service on 15 January 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 550.