Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class T. H. S. Westaway, Royal Navy
British War Medal 1914-20 (268843 T. H. Westaway. C.E.R.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268843 T. H. S. Westaway, C.E.R.A. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Challenger) minor edge bruise, good very fine

Pair: Senior Reserve Attendant R. Morris, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve
British War Medal 1914-20 (M.8822 R. Morris. S.R.A. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1928. R. Morris. LG. Sea. R.N.A.S.B.R.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100

Thomas Holman Stanbury Westaway, a Boilermaker from Plymouth, Devon, was born on 14 January 1874 and joined the Royal Navy on 18 September 1896. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 December 1908, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1911. He saw service during the Great War in the Depot Ship H.M.S. Impregnable, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 29 December 1919.

Richard Morris, a Collier from Hindley, Lancashire, was born on 17 February 1889 and attested for the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve on 2 August 1914. Advanced Senior Reserve Attendant on 5 March 1915, he saw service during the Great War in the Naval Hospital at Plymouth and H.M.S. Eaglet, thus his British War Medal was his sole campaign medal entitlement for the Great War. He was demobilised on 27 February 1919.