Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Nine: Leading Signalman F. Elliott, Sussex Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1914-15 Star (S.2-150. F. Elliott. L.Smn., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.2-150 F. Elliott. L.S. R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (2/150. F. Elliot, Ldg. Sig. R.N.V.R. Sussex Divn.) mounted on board for display, very fine and better (9) £140-£180

Frank Elliott, a coach painter, was born on 10 September 1890 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as Able Seaman on 5 March 1909. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Royal Arthur from 1 October 1914 to 2 December 1914, and the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Digby from 21 December 1914 to 20 November 1915, latterly as part of the North Sea blockade of Germany. Her patrols off the coast of Iceland in the summer of 1915 proved fruitful; on 3 June her sailors boarded the Swedish trawler Violette, escorting the blockade runner under armed guard to Kirkwall Harbour for further examination. Transferred to H.M.S. Actaeon and H.M.S. Campania from 1916-18, Elliott survived the Great War and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 15 December 1920.