Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman J. T. Rowley, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.42945 J. T. Rowley A.B. R.N.) some staining on VM, otherwise very fine

Pair: Ordinary Telegraphist H. T. Burgess, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (LZ.7874 H. T. Burgess. O. Tel. R.N.V.R.) mounted for wear, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine

Pair: Able Seaman R. A. Coleman, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (R.5862 R. A. Coleman. A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine

Pair: Signaller E. E. Ellis, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (W.Z. 2876 E. E. Ellis A.B. R.N.V.R.) very fine (8) £100-£140

John Thomas Rowley was born in Bristol on 5 May 1900 and attested for the Royal Navy as a Boy on 9 August 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Prince George, H.M.S. Proserpine and H.M.S. London. Appointed Able Seaman on 22 August 1918, he transferred for service as a Cook, before receiving a free discharge on 10 January 1920.

Herbert Thomas Burgess, a Clerk from Clapham, London, was born on 1 November 1899. He attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 19 October 1917, for service during the Great War. Appointed Ordinary Telegraphist on 8 March 1918, he saw service in H.M.S. Implacable. Shore demobilised on 12 December 1919, he appears to have later attested into the Tank Corps.

Reginald Archibald Coleman was born in London on 17 February 1898. He attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 4 August 1917, from the Army Reserve and served on the Western Front with the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, from 5 December 1917. He was invalided to the UK on 28 January 1918 with Trench Foot and was demobilised on 14 April 1919.

Eric Emmanuel Ellis, an Insurance Clerk from Heswall, Cheshire, was born on 24 November 1898 and attested on 12 February 1917 into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve for service during the Great War. He served in H.M.S. Egmont and was shore demobilised on 4 September 1919.