Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Armourer J. Guy, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. Guy, Arm. Mte. H.M.S. Monarch.); British War Medal 1914-20 (173289 J. Guy. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (173289 James Guy, Armr., H.M.S. Pembroke.), very fine (3) £140-£180

James Guy was born on 5 May 1870 in Brotton, Yorkshire, and entered naval service on 24 February 1893, serving in H.M.S. Monarch from 10 November 1901 to 1 April 1904. He spent most of the Great War in H.M.S. Mars and Newcastle.