Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Abel, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Mercantile Marine
British War Medal 1914-20 (208312 Pte. J. Abel. R.W. Fus.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (John M. Abel); Victory Medal 1914-19 (208312 Pte. J. Abel. R.W. Fus.) very fine

Six: Private G. E. Irons, Royal Welsh Fusiliers and Mercantile Marine
British War Medal 1914-20 (36297 Pte. G. E. Irons. R.W. Fus.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (George E. Irons); Victory Medal 1914-19 (36297 Pte. G. E. Irons. R.W. Fus.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45, wear to obverse of VM, otherwise very fine

Three: Acting Corporal H. H. Bradley, Army Service Corps and Mercantile Marine
British War Medal 1914-20 (A-362987 A.Cpl. H. H. Bradley. A.S.C.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Henry H. Bradley); Victory Medal 1914-19 (A-362987 A.Cpl. H. H. Bradley. A.S.C.) good very fine (12) £120-£160

John Moore Abel was born in Liverpool on 11 April 1899 and served during the Great War as Steward in the Merchant Navy. Transferring to the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he survived the campaign and is later recorded aboard the transatlantic liner S.S. Metagama from 1919-21.

George Edward Irons was born in Lambeth on 26 June 1894 and is recorded in 1911 as an errand boy. He served during the Great War both on land and at sea, returning to the service of the Merchant Navy as Second Cook and Baker aboard Empire Star from 2 June 1920. Listed in 1939 as a ‘press operator, Arsenal’, he survived the London Blitz and died at Lambeth Hospital on 26 March 1952.
Sold with copied research confirming entitlement to Second War medals.

Henry Harding Bradley was born in Limehouse in 1893 and is recorded in 1911 as a lighterman apprentice. He survived the Great War and is recorded in 1922 as a Freemason affiliated to Pimlico Lodge; the records at that time state his profession as ‘Ship’s Chief Steward.’