Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Shipwright D. J. C. Llewellyn, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (346523, D. J. C. Llewellyn, Shpt.2. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (346523, D. J. C. Llewellyn, Shpt.2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (346523, D. J. C. Llewellyn, Shpt.1. H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth) last officially re-impressed, contact marks, good fine (4) £60-£80

David John Charles Llewellyn, a native of Burton, Pembrokeshire, was born on 10 December 1888. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 10 December 1906, his Great War service included service in the minesweeper H.M.S. Dryad. Promoted Shipwright 1st Class on 1 March 1921, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 31 March 1922. Shore pensioned on 31 November 1927, he appears to have re-enlisted before being demobilised on 4 October 1938, only to be recalled for Second War service on 31 July 1939, before being indefinitely released on 5 December 1944.