Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Leading Sick Berth Attendant R. Barker, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve and St. John Ambulance Brigade, late Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.14702 R. Barker J.R.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.14702 R. Barker. S.R.A. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, with Second Award Bar (X.3182 R. Barker. L.S.B.A. R.N.A.S.B.R.); Service Medal of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, with two Additional Award Bars (10068 Pte. R. Barker. Adlington & Hth. Charnock Divn. No.4 Dis.S.J.A.B. 1931.) very fine and better (5) £260-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Norman Gooding Collection.

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Raymond Barker was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 17 February 1897. A former cotton mill weaver, he joined the Royal Navy at Devonport on 13 August 1915 and served at Plymouth Hospital during the Great War.