Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer Airman (Aircraft Handler) J. W. Hilton, Royal Navy

General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (D080903V J. W. Hilton LA RN); Jubilee 2002, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (POA J W Hilton D080903V HMS Invincible) mounted court-style as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; and riband bars, nearly extremely fine (3) £200-£240

John William Hilton was born in Wilnecote, Warwickshire, on 20 December 1948, and joined the Royal Navy as a Junior Naval Airman Second Class on 24 March 1964. He served at various times in the aircraft carriers H.M.S. Ark Royal (May 1965 to November 1966); H.M.S. Hermes (May 1968 to March 1969); and H.M.S. Invincible (April 1980 to January 1982), and at R.N.A.S. Belfast (May to August 1973), and was advanced Petty Officer Airman (Aircraft Handler) on 25 March 1975. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 20 June 1981 and was discharged to pension on 1 August 1985; it is not known in what capacity he was awarded the Golden Jubilee Medal.

Sold with the recipient’s original Royal Navy parchment Certificate of Service; Certificate of Qualifications; Certificate of Discharge; History Sheet of Naval Airman (2); Royal Naval First Aid Certificate; and various other letters, documents and ephemera, mostly relating to the recipient’s pay and pension, all housed in embossed blue S2620 folder.