Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer W. E. Brown, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Carnarvon during the Battle of the Falklands in December 1914; in H.M.S. Attentive during the Zeebrugge Raid; and later in Murmansk during the Russian Intervention

1914-15 Star (K.976 W. E. Brown. S.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.976 W. E. Brown. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.976 W. E. Brown. S.P.O. H.M.S. Vivid) very fine (4) £100-£140

William Edward Brown, a baker from Modbury, Devon, was born on 16 June 1887. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 3 July 1908, he was serving in H.M.S. Carnarvon at the start of the Great War and was thus present at the Battle of the Falklands on 8 December 1914. He latterly served in H.M.S. Attentive which screened the Zeebrugge Raid on 25 April 1918, and afterwards, served in Murmansk in support of British forces service during the Russian Civil War. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 5 January 1920, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 17 July 1923. He appears to have left the service on 31 October 1928.