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

Seven: Stoker 1st Class F. A. V. Green, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J. 50104 Ord., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 62236 Sto. 1, H.M.S. Frobisher), mounted as worn, very fine and rather better (7) £120-150

Frederick Albert Victor Green was born at Aldershot, Hampshire in August 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1916. Following attendance at the training establishment Impregnable, he joined the battleship H.M.S. Monarch in September of the same year and was still aboard her at the end of hostilities. In October 1919, however, while serving in the King George V, he deserted, and was sentenced to 60 days detention on being recaptured, but the dishonour of “run” on his service record was removed in February 1927, which opened the way for the eventual award of his L.S. & G.C. Medal in December 1939, when he was serving as a Stoker 1st Class in the cruiser Frobisher.