Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Petty Officer Telegrapher A. W. J. Rogers, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.42003 A. W. J. Rogers. Tel. R.N.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Stoker First Class W. C. Baker, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (K.35172 W. C. Baker. Sto. 1 R.N.) good very fine

Pair: Stoker First Class W. Newport, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (K.37122 W. Newport. Sto. 1 R.N.) good very fine

Pair: Able Seaman W. Taylor, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.63803 W. Taylor. A.B. R.N.) good very fine (8) £100-£140

Arthur William Jack Rogers was born at Bournemouth, Hampshire, on 10 July 1899 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 2 July 1915. He was advanced to Boy Telegrapher, H.M.S. Ganges, on 24 November 1915; Ordinary Telegrapher, H.M.S. Queen, on 10 July 1917; and Telegrapher, 6 February 1918. He remained in naval service following the Great War and was advanced to Leading Telegrapher, H.M.S. Victory I, on 1 June 1921, and Acting Petty Officer Telegrapher, H.M.S. Cormorant, on 4 July 1928. He was confirmed in this rate in H.M.S. Concord on 4 July 1929, and was discharged to shore, time expired, on 9 July 1929.

William Charles Baker was born at Tonbridge, Kent, on 3 August 1882 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II on 21 July 1916. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Diamond, on 19 July 1917, and was demobilised in July 1919.

William Newport was born at Abingdon, Berkshire, on 16 January 1899 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 12 October 1916. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Woolwich (Pylades) in June 1917, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Woolwich (Wakeful), and H.M.S. Columbine (Wakeful). He was shore demobilised in September 1919.

William Taylor was born at Birmingham in 1895 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Victory I on 14 December 1916. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Australia, H.M.S. Greenwich (Trojan), and H.M.S. Woolwich (Trojan) and was advanced Able Seaman on 29 August 1917. He was shore demobilised in April 1919.