Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman G. Matthews, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (214931, A. Matthews, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (214931 A. Matthews. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (214931 A. Matthews A.B. H.M.S. Columbine.) edge bruising to last, otherwise nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Arthur Matthews was born on 31 January 1886, at Millbrook, Cornwall, and commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 28 June 1901. He was advanced to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Formidable, on 27 April 1905, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in October 1922. He was shore pensioned in December 1922, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for service in August 1939, he served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Albatross, H.M.S. Drake I, H.M.S. Defiance (Centurion), and H.M.S. Britannia II. He was shore released from H.M.S. Dartmouth in August 1945.