Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Private G. A. Rutter, Manchester Regiment, later Stoker First Class, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (54471 Pte. G. A. Rutter. Manch. R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (S.S. 120428 (Ch. B. 18562) G. A. Rutter. Sto. 1 R.F.R.) a few light marks, generally very fine (7) £80-£100

George Arthur Rutter, was born on 17 September 1898, at Shepherds Bush, London. He attested for the Manchester Regiment and served in the 2nd/8th and 2nd/5th Battalions during the Great War, before transferring to the Royal Navy as an Acting Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 28 April 1919. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Erebus, being confirmed in his rate on 4 October 1920, and then in H.M.S. Titania and H.M.S. Pembroke II. He was discharged on 27 April 1924, time expired, and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1936.

A note on his Royal Navy service records indicates that he could not count prior military service, due to his conduct being recorded as only inferior to very good. Curiously he also appears on the Royal Navy medal rolls for the British War Medal and Victory Medal, despite having only commenced naval service in April 1919.