Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant W. J. Gruffydd, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. W. J. Gruffydd. R.N.V.R.) good very fine (2) £70-£90

William John Gruffydd was born in 1881 and was educated at Caernarvon School and Jesus College, Oxford (the ‘Welshmen’s College’). He served with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Great War, commanding the Motor Launch ML.502. Post-War, he served as Professor of Celtic at University College, Wales, and was elected as a Member of Parliament for the University of Wales Constituency in 1943. A prolific author and member of various Government Committees, he was awarded the Cymmrodorion Medal for Services to Wales in 1946, and died in 1954.

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