Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Stoker J. W. Parr, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (J. W. Parr, Sto, H.M.S. Esk.); 1914-15 Star (175879. J. W. Parr. Ch. Sto. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (175879 J. W. Parr. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (175879 J. W. Parr, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Espiegle.), very fine or better (5) £280-£320

James William Parr was born on 18 June 1874 in Eastham, Cheshire, entering naval service on 12 September 1892 as a Stoker 2nd Class, serving in H.M.S. Esk from 4 January 1898 to 3 August 1900. Receiving his L.S. & G.C. on 10 October 1908, he served in H.M.S. Suffolk, Vivid II and Eaglet during the Great War.