Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Reserve Wardmaster H. Hamill, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9731 H. Hamill. R. Wdmr. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (779. H. Hamill, Res. Wdmstr. R.N.A.S.B.R.) this last with some minor official corrections, mounted on card for display, very fine or better (2) £140-£180

Henry Hamill was born at Bury, Lancashire, on 30 January 1882, and was a railway ticket collector when he joined the R.N.A.S.B.R. as a Junior Reserve Attendant at Pembroke I on 2 August 1914. Posted to Chatham Hospital, where he served for the duration of the war, he was advanced to Senior Reserve Attendant on 25 May 1915, and to Reserve Wardmaster on 18 August 1915. Reserve Wardmaster was the most senior rate in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, and equated to Chief Petty Officer status in the Royal Navy. Hamill was ’shore demobilised’ on 31 May 1919.

Sold with research including copied record of service.