Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. Shannahan, Royal Navy, who died in service on 16 March 1940

1914-15 Star (309131, J. Shannahan, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (309131 J. Shannahan. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (309131 Jim Shannahan, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Maidstone.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Jim Shannahan was born on 28 January 1886, at Portsea, Hampshire, and commenced his naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Nelson, on 14 November 1905. He was advanced to Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Fisgard, on 2 May 1912, and Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. Prince of Wales, on 4 May 1914. During the Great War he principally served in H.M.S. Dahlia, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1920. He was recalled for service in the Second World War, and died in service on 16 March 1940. He is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Liverpool (Allerton) War Cemetery.