Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Paymaster Sub Lieutenant J. Bell, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (Payr. S. Lt. J. Bell. R.N.R.) very fine

Pair: Mishipman W. H. S. Yeomans, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (Mid. W. H. S. Yeomans. R.N.R.) very fine

Pair: Acting Leading Seaman A. W. Pargetor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 9123 A. W. Pargetor. Act. L. S.. R.N.V.R.) minor edge knocks, otherwise very fine

Pair: Ordinary Seaman J. E. Thornton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (T.Z. 12038 J. E. Thornton. Ord. R.N.V.R.) very fine (8) £100-£140

William Henry Stuart Yeomans was commissioned as Midshipman into the Royal Naval Reserve on 24 April 1917 and served during the Great War in the Armed Merchant Cruiser H.M.S. Partia when she was sunk on 13 June 1918 by UC-49, after being torpedoed in the Bristol Channel, with the loss of 16 lives.

Alfred Walter Pargetor, a Labourer from Tysoe, Warwickshire, attested for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 13 June 1916 for service during the Great War. Advanced Acting Leading Seaman on 5 November 1916, he served in H.M.S. President, in Defensively Armed Merchant Ships (D.A.M.S.) and was shore demobilised on 30 July 1919.

James Edward Thornton, a Grocery Branch Manager from Halifax, Yorkshire, was born on 17 December 1899. He attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 21 June 1917 for service during the Great War and served in H.M.S. Queen and H.M.S. Caesar. He was shore demobilised on 14 July 1919. Sold with named hallmarked silver Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes medal.