Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Able Seaman F. J. S. Waterton, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (A.B. F. J. S. Waterton. C/JX.294197); British War and Victory Medals (J. 76183 F. J. S. Waterton. Boy. 1 R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Frederick John Samuel Waterton D.S.M.), earlier awards polished, generally very fine (8) £800-£1,200

D.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1945.

Frederick John Samuel Waterton was born in Walthamstow on 14 September 1901, before entering naval service in August 1917 at the training school H.M.S. Ganges, in which he was borne until 1918, when, after an interlude in Pembroke, he served until the end of the war in H.M.S. Royal Oak. He remained in naval service until he was appointed a postman in London on 16 April 1934. He re-entered naval service on 5 August 1941 for service in the Second War, during which he was awarded his D.S.M. Returning to his civilian job post-War, he retired as a Postman Higher Grade, London Postal Region, in 1961, and was awarded the Imperial Service Medal (London Gazette 30 May 1961).