Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker T. Hill, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (S.3283. T. Hill. Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (3283S T. Hill. Sto., R.N.R.) very fine

Three: Lance-Corporal W. J. Shorter, Royal Marines, later Royal Engineers
1914-15 Star (Deal 878-S- L. Cpl. W. J. Shorter. R.M.); British War and Victory Medals (Deal 878-S- L. Cpl. W. J. Shorter. R.M.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (lot) £100-£140

Walter James Shorter was born in Ashford, Kent, on 22 September 1880 and enlisted in the Royal Marines on 10 January 1915. He served with the Royal Marines during the Great War with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 28 June 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the right leg on 2 January 1916. He transferred to the Royal Engineers on 31 January 1917, and was discharged on 4 September 1917.

Sold with two Second World War Belgian Medals and a miscellaneous selection of cap badges, collar titles, cloth unit insignia, and other ephemera, some of these copies.