Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Able Seaman T. Tilston, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (J.88413 T. Tilston. Boy. 2. R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-1 (J.88413 T. Tilston. Boy. 1. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.88413 T. Tilston. A.B. H.M.S. Eagle.) edge bruising and contact marks, the Great War pair good fine, the rest better (5) £70-£90

Thomas Tilston was born in Chester on 28 December 1901 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 14 May 1918. He was advanced Boy First Class on 16 November 1918, and was promoted Able Seaman in H.M.S. Dauntless on 23 November 1920. Qualifying as a Diver, he served in H.M.S. Eagle from 18 April 1933 to 31 May 1935, and saw further service during the Second World War. He was finally shore demobilised on 10 September 1945.

Sold with copied record of service.