Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer W. Bridge, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (300552, W. Bridge, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (300552 W. Bridge. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (300552 (CH. A.3708) W. Bridge. S.P.O. R.F.R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

William Bridge was born in Bradwell, Essex on 9 September 1882 and joined the Royal Navy on 28 May 1902. Advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 19 March 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Lance, H.M.S. Thisbe and H.M.S. Martin. He was shore pensioned on 13 June 1924, and subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He died, aged 95, in Southend-on-Sea in 1977.