Three: Second Hand E. Gempton, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (1330 S.A. E. Gempton, 2 Hd., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (1330 S.A. E. Gemptan. 2 Hd. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (D.537 E. Gempton, Sean., R.N.R.) note variation to surname, very fine

Pair: Painter First Class F. B. Coller, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (165861 F. B. Coller Ptr. 1. R.N.) nearly very fine (5) £60-£80

Ernest Gempton was born in Brixham, Devon, on 6 March 1870, and enrolled in the Royal Naval Reserve on 30 November 1892. Posted to Grimsby on 23 August 1915 - likely on anti-submarine and minelaying duties - his R.N.R. Service Record notes admittance to the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth, on 7 November 1917 in consequence of neurasthenia. Classed as ‘unserviceable’, he was invalided on 24 December 1917.

Francis Brandon Coller was born in Peckham on 29 April 1872. He served at the training establishment Impregnable from 20 December 1914 to 17 September 1915, and was shore pensioned after more than 20 years of service with the Royal Navy.