Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (229500 J. Saunders. L.S. R.N.) good very fine £80-£120

D.S.M. London Gazette 15 May 1916: ‘Gallipoli Operations 1915-16.’ Leading Seaman Jack Saunders, R.N. 229500, H.M.S. Exmouth, Gallipoli, April 1915 to January 1916. Performed particularly good service in boats working off ‘W’ Beach.

Jack Saunders was born at Aghada, County Cork, on 19 July 1887. He died as a Petty Officer, H.M.S. Victory, on 21 March 1944, and is buried in Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery.