Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (JX.107031 A. H. Baker, A/P.O. H.M.S. Hood) lacquered, otherwise nearly extremely fine £120-160

Arthur Henry Baker was born in Chelsea on 28 September 1907. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 14 April 1923 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in November 1923 all while serving on the training ship Ganges. From May 1923 to May 1929 he was rated as a Bugler. Promoted to Ordinary Seaman in September 1925 when on the battleship Malaya, he was advanced to Able Seaman in March 1927 when on the sloop Wisteria. He was awarded his L.S. & G.C. in September 1940 when serving as an Acting Petty Officer on the battlecruiser Hood. Fortunately he had left the battlecruiser before she set off on her fateful last voyage, the ship being sunk by the Bismarck on 24 May 1941. Baker was discharged to a pension in September 1948. With copied service paper and other research.