Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Four: Chief Stoker E. Johnson, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (279414Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (279414Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (279414 Actg. Ch. Sto., H.M.S. Hibernia) very fine (4) £70-90

Ernest Johnson was born in Treganther Fort, Cornwall on 2 March 1876. labourer by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in April 1895. Awarded the L.S.& G.C. medal when on the battleship Hibernia as an Acting Chief Stoker during March 1910-March 1911; he attained the rank of Chief Stoker in March 1911 when on the same ship. During the Great War he served on a number of ships including the dreadnought battleship Revenge and the destroyers Springbok and Meteor. He was demobilised in 1919. Sold with copied service details.