Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Leading Signaller W. Bolam, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.129267 W. M. Bolam. L. Sig. H.M.S. Moreta) minor official correction to surname, good very fine, the LS&GC rare to ship (7) £120-£160

William Murray Bolam, a messenger from Birtley, Durham, was born on 8 December 1910. Enlisting in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 February 1927, his Second War service included service as a coder in communications in H.M.S. Moreta, a Naval Base at Haifa, Palestine.

Note: It is believed that only two L.S. & G.C. Medals were awarded named to H.M.S. Moreta, which was only in commission from September 1942 to July 1946.