Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Able Seaman A. V. Andrews, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (210991 [sic]. A. V. Andrews, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210991 [sic] A. V. Andrews. A.B. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Albert Victor Andrews); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (210901. A. V. Andrews, A.B. H.M.S. President III.) very fine (9) £140-£180

Albert Victor Andrews, a telegraph messenger from Alverstoke, Hampshire, was born on 5 May 1883. He attested into the Royal Navy on 8 August 1900 and served on a great number of ships and shore establishments, including H.M.S. Northampton, H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, H.M.S. Ariadne and H.M.S. Minotaur. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve at the commencement of hostilities, Andrews served briefly aboard the ageing cruiser H.M.S. Vindictive before spending the remainder of the Great War on home service. His L.S. & G.C. Medal was traced on 29 January 1918, and he was demobilised on 6 June 1921.

Recalled for service during the Second World War, Andrews was awarded the Imperial Service Medal on 16 November 1948 whilst employed as a postman in Portsmouth and Gosport.

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