Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lance Corporal W. E. Meekins, Military Foot Police, late Mercantile Marine

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William Meekins); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Iraq (1622 L. Cpl. W. E. Meekins. M.F.P.) with a prize medal for ‘Iraq Tug of War Championship 1921’, reverse engraved ‘W. E. Meekins’, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

William E. Meekins was born in London in 1890. He served as an Assistant Cook with the Mercantile Marine prior to transferring to the Military Foot Police.