Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Able Seaman P. H. Bush, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (191451, P. H. Bush, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (191451 P. H. Bush. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (191451 (Ch. B. 2784) P. H. Bush. A.B. R.F.R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Percy Harry Bush) mounted as worn in this order, very fine (5) £120-£160

Percy Harry Bush was born at Burnham, Essex, on 3 December 1880, and joined the Royal Navy at Chatham as Boy 2nd Class on 1 December 1896. Raised Able Seaman aboard Ramillies 7 March 1901, he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 June 1905 and served aboard the armoured cruiser Leviathan from 13 July 1914 to 6 May 1918; assigned to the 6th Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, Leviathan spent much of the Great War searching for German commerce raiders and escorting convoys between North America and Britain. Discharged at Portsmouth on 14 February 1919, Bush was later awarded the Imperial Service Medal for service with the General Post Office.