A Great War ‘Patrol Boat’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. J. Luff, Royal Navy

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (310668 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. P.45 1917); 1914-15 Star (310668 L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (310668 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (310668 S.P.O., H.M.S. Columbine) contact marks, very fine (5) £600-800

D.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1918. ‘For service in destroyer and torpedo boat flotillas for the period ending 31 December 1917’.

H.M.S. P.45 was a “P” Class Patrol Boat, launched by Gray, West Hartlepool, 24 January 1917.