Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Leading Telegraphist V. B. Ash, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.31739. V. B. Ash. L. Tel. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.31739. V. B. Ash. L. Tel. R.N.) very fine

Three: Wireless Telegraph Operator J. Jamieson, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (WTS.260, J. Jamieson, W.T.O., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (260W.T.S. J. Jamieson. W.T.O. R.N.R.) in named card boxes of issue, extremely fine (6) £70-£90

Victor Barritt Ash was born in Aldeburgh, Suffolk, on 4 February 1899 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 23 June 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caledon and was present at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, when a member of her crew, John Henry Carless, was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross. He later served in H.M.S. Lupin. Advanced Leading Telegraphist on 19 October 1919, he was discharged to shore on 3 February 1929. He died in Margate, Kent, in 1986.