Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer G. B. Hill, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (161686 G. B. Hill, C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (161686 G. B. Hill, C.E.R.A. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R (161686 G. B. Hill, Ch. E.R.A. 2 Cl. H.M.S. Victory) light contact marks, very fine (4) £100-£140

George Benison Hill, a boiler maker from Portsmouth, was born on 17 September 1869. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 23 July 1891, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 7 August 1906. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class on 31 March 1909, he was shore pensioned on 25 July 1913. Recalled for Great War service on 2 August 1914, he served on various ships and was demobilised on 31 December 1918.