Four: Chief Yeoman of the Signals R. W. Bryant, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (194364 C.Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (194364 C.Y.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (194364 C.Y.S., H.M.S. Enchantress), very fine and better (4) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Richard William Bryant was born at Bosham, Sussex in November 1881 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1897. By the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he was serving as Chief Yeoman of the Signals aboard H.M.S. Zealandia, in which battleship he served until coming ashore to Victory I in September 1917, including participation in the Dardanelles operations 1915-16. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1922, Bryant was finally pensioned ashore in November of the same year.