Eight: Paymaster Lieutenant J. B. Hobbs, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Clk. J. B. Hobbs, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. S. Lt. J. B. Hobbs. R.N.) BWM officially renamed; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued, generally very fine (8) £120-£160

John Bowden Hobbs was born in February 1895, and was the son of the Reverend F. W. Hobbs of Devon. He joined the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk in July 1912, and advanced to Acting Paymaster Lieutenant in September 1918.