Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant I. E. Roberts, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.3113 I. E. Roberts. L.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. I. E. Roberts. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted for display, traces of adhesive to base/bottom edge of medals, otherwise very fine and better (5) £70-£90

Isaac Edward Roberts was born in Battersea on 12 June 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in October 1908. Posted to the cruiser H.M.S. Achilles in November 1910, he served in her throughout the Great War, and was advanced Acting Gunner in February 1918. He saw further service in H.M.S. Empress of India in 1920, and was serving in her when she provided gunfire support for White Russian forces, and later came under fire from an armoured train. Confirmed in the rank of Commissioned Gunner in July 1927, he was loaned to the Royal Australian Navy in 1929, and served at the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay. Promoted Lieutenant in September 1938, he saw further service at home during the Second World War at the Naval Ordnance Department. He died in 1946.