Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Petty Officer E. W. R. Norris, H.M.S. Mons, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.8190. E. W. R. Norris. A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.8190 E. W. R. Norris. L.S. R.N.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland.

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The destroyer H.M.S. Mons was launched on 1 May 1915 and was part of the 11th Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

Edward William Reginald Norris was born in Stoke, Devon, on 3 May 1894 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 April 1910. Advanced Able Seaman on 5 February 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mons from 19 July 1915 to 25 July 1917, and was promoted Petty Officer on 1 September 1920. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1926.