Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Stoker First Class E. Crago, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (284751 E. Crago. Sto. 1 R.N.) polished, nearly very fine

Pair: Stoker First Class W. C. S. Waters, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (K.43895 [sic] W. G. S. Waters. Sto.1 R.N.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Able Seaman S. S. Hansen, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.78646 S. S. Hansen. Ord. R.N.) very fine

Pair: Ordinary Seaman M. Whittington, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.74978 M. Whittington. Ord. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140

Ernest Crago was born at Penarth Down, Cornwall, on 2 November 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 1 February 1897. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Vengeance, on 1 July 1906, and was discharged to shore, time expired, on 30 January 1909, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was recalled for War service in August 1914 and served in H.M.S. Diana, H.M.S. Vivid II, H.M.S. Essex and H.M.S. Argus. He was shore demobilided in February 1919.

William Charles Stanley Waters was born at Faversham, Kent, on 4 June 1896 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II, with service number K.43893. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Crescent and H.M.S. Attentive II (Velox), being advanced to Stoker First Class on 3 June 1918. He was invalided to shore on 29 October 1919.

Sidney Sebastian Hansen was born in Swansea on 27 May 1899 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seamen in H.M.S. Vivid I on 25 September 1917. He was posted to H.M.S. Centaur on 28 January 1918, and was advanced to Able Seaman on 13 December 1918. He was shore demobilised on 18 March 1919, and died in Swansea in 1958.

Maurice Whittington was born at Horsham, Sussex, on 21 June 1899 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seamen in H.M.S. Pembroke I on 2 August 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Egmont and H.M.S. Hannibal. He was shore demobilised on 4 June 1919.