Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Six: Able Seaman F. W. Sherriff, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J. 82043 Ord., R.N.), surname spelt ‘Sheriff’; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., coinage bust (J. 82043 A.B., H.M.S. Valiant), mounted as worn, the Great War pair with edge bruising and heavily polished, thus fair to fine, the remainder rather better (6) £80-100

Frank Wilfred Sherriff was born at King’s Lynn, Norfolk in September 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in December 1917. Following time at the training establishment Powerful, he joined the cruiser H.M.S. Cassandra in March 1918, but ended the War as an Able Seaman in the battleship Royal Oak. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1933.