Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Skipper J. McLeod, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (W.S.A. 1390 J. Mc Leod. Skr. R.N.R.) good very fine

Pair: Seaman T. C. Laurenson, Royal Naval Reserve, who was serving in H.M.S. Hilary when it was sunk by U-88 in May 1917
British War and Victory Medals (1367L. T. C. Laurenson. Smn. R.N.R.) good very fine

Pair: Deck Hand H. Brown, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (18301D.A. H. Brown, D.H. R.N.R.) VM named ‘upside-down’, edge bruise to VM, otherwise good very fine

Pair: Trimmer F. James, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (5749 T.S. F. James. Tr. R.N.R.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (8) £90-£120

John Mcleod was born at Lossiemouth, Elgin, on 5 August 1882 and was granted seniority as a Skipper in the Royal Naval Reserve on 5 April 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Attentive, for service in the Hired Drifter Coral Hill, and was demobilised on 12 February 1919.

Thomas Charles Laurenson was born at Aith, Fetlar, Shetland, on 20 January 1896 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 13 December 1915. His service record notes service in H.M.S. Hilary, a Booth Steam Ship Company passenger vessel converted to an armed merchant cruiser, in which he was serving when Hilary was sunk by the German submarine U-88 on 25 May 1917. He later served in R.M.S. Aquitania, and was shore demobilised at Devonport on 18 January 1919.

Henry Brown was born at Cresswell, Northumberland, on 12 July 1892 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 26 September 1917. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Victory and H.M.S. Pekin, and was demobilised in April 1919.

Frank James was born at Swansea on 30 March 1884 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 7 July 1916. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Zaria, H.M.S. Victory, and H.M.S. Vesuvius, and was shore demobilised on 20 February 1919.