Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker First Class R. H. Hyland, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.12053, H. R. [sic] Hyland. Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.12053, H. R. [sic] Hyland. Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.12053, R. H. Hyland. Sto.1. H.M.S. Pembroke.) heavily polished, contact marks and edge bruising, fair to fine (4) £80-£100

Robert Henry Hyland was born in Belvedere, Kent, on the 23 May 1891 and joined the Royal Navy on 5 August 1911. Advanced Stoker First Class on 9 August 1912, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Llewellyn, H.M.S. Lavercock and H.M.S. Recruit. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 October 1926, he was discharged to pension on 4 August 1933 and died, aged 77, in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, on 1 June 1968.