Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer F. Eames, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (180546, F. Eames, Act. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (180546 F. Eames. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (180546 Frederick Eames, P.O. 1 Cl, H.M.S. St Vincent.) good very fine (4) £100-£140

Frederick Eames was born in Largashall, Sussex, on 30 December 1878 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 6 August 1894. Advanced Petty Officer First Class on 1 October 1904, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 December 1912, and served for virtually the entire Great War in H.M.S. Britannia. Promoted Chief Petty Officer on 1 October 1916, he was shore demobilised on 13 June 1919.