Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Electrical Artificer G. Foster, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.37942. G. Foster. E.A.1. H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth.) nearly extremely fine (7) £80-£120

George Foster was born in Portsmouth on 13 August 1908 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 22 June 1929, being advanced Electrical Artificer 1st Class on 1 July 1941. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 November 1941, whilst he was serving in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth. His service records note that he bore the following scars: ‘Knife wound in right thigh, gunshot wounds in left forearm’. He was discharged to pension on 31 October 1948.