Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker G. Smellie, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (G. Smellie, Sto. 2 Cl, H.M.S. Perseus.); 1914-15 Star (301998. G. Smellie, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (301998 G. Smellie. Sto. 1 R.N.), heavily pitted, nearly good fine (4) £120-£160

George Smellie was born in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, on Christmas Day 1885 and entered naval service as a Stoker 2nd Class on 19 November 1902, serving as such on H.M.S. Perseus from 21 December 1903 to 8 May 1906. He served in H.M.S. Exmouth for most of the Great War, including periods in the cells.