Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Richard John Gumbrell; John Sewell) small collector’s number to reverse of both, good very fine (2) £60-£80

Richard John Gumbrell was born in Bognor, Sussex, and served during the Great War as a Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Victory. He died at home on 9 September 1918, and is buried in Bournemouth East Cemetery.

There are several men with the name John Sewell on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Roll of Honour.