Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Able Seaman W. Morris, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 84940 A.B., H.M.S. Barham) the last somewhat polished, about very fine, the remainder rather better (6) £60-80

William Morris was born in Cork in April 1902 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1918. His first seagoing appointment was aboard the battleship H.M.S. Marlborough between June 1919 and November 1920, and he was advanced to Able Seaman in the following year. Other inter-war appointments included time aboard the aircraft carrier Eagle between February 1924 and September 1926, and he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in May 1935, while serving in the battleship Barham.