Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Shipwright First Class W. S. Brock, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (M.6757 W. S. Brock. Shpt. 1 R.N.) very fine

Pair: Stoker First Class F. J. Freegard, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (S.S.112923 F. J. Freegard. Sto. 1 R.N.) very fine

Pair: Able Seaman J. S. Behn, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.54383 J. S. Behn. A.B. R.N.) good very fine

Pair: Able Seaman R. A. Glover, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (221707 R. A. Glover. A.B. R.N.) nearly extremely fine (8) £100-£140

William Samuel Brock was born at Devonport on 30 April 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 28 October 1913. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Blonde, H.M.S. Pembroke II and H.M.S. Bacchante. He was invalided from H.M.S. Pembroke II on 23 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. R.N.38516.

Frederick James Freegard was born at Bath, Somerset, on 16 November 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 30 October 1912. He was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Suffolk, on 1 November 1913, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Fox, at the Naval Depot, Bombay, and in H.M.S. Vivid II. He was demobilised on 7 June 1921.

John Segar Behn was born at Ormskirk, Lancashire, on 13 September 1898 and joined the Royal Navy, for hostilities only, as an Ordinary Seaman in H.M.S. Victory I on 4 January 1917. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Hyacinth, and was advanced to Able Seaman on 26 September 1918. He was demobilised on 4 October 1919.

Roland Arthur Glover was born at Battersea, London, on 29 August 1886 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 24 July 1902. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Firequeen, on 29 August 1904, and to Able Seaman, H.M.S. Good Hope, on 23 October 1905, and was invalided from the Royal Naval Hospital Haslar with an ulcer to the cornea on 10 September 1908. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1910, and was recalled for War service in August 1914 to join H.M.S. Vindictive, when she was assigned to the 9th Cruiser Squadron and captured the German merchantmen Schlesien and Slawentzitz on 7 August and 8 September respectively. He was demobilised from H.M.S. Victory I on 4 June 1921.