Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Hand R. W. Morris, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (D.A. 127, R. W. Morris, 2. Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (127 D.A. R. W. Morris. 2. Hd. R.N.R.) very fine

Three: Second Hand A. Hughes, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (D.A. 6157, A. Hughes, D.H. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (6157 D.A. A. Hughes. 2. Hd. R.N.R.) very fine (6) £60-£80

Robert Watson Morris was born at North Shields, Northumberland, on 16 June 1884 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve at Aberdeen, on 22 August 1911. He appears to have spent much of the Great War engaged in coastal minesweeping operations off North Shields, serving in H.M.S. Pekin, H.M.S. Idaho, and the Minesweeping Trawler Giovanni Gunti. He was dispersed to shore from H.M.S. Idaho, at Milford Haven, on 1 April 1919.

Andrew Hughes was born at Pittenween, Fife, Scotland, on 7 January 1895 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 17 April 1915. During the Great War he served in, amongst others, H.M.S. Dreel Castle (Tulip), H.M. Trawler Davara, H.M.S. Pride of Moray, and H.M.T. Miranda. He was demobilised in June 1919.