Four: Senior Reserve Attendant L. Newman, Royal Navy and Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve

1914-15 Star (M9625 L. Newman S.R.A. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M9625 L. Newman. S.R.A. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1580 L. Newman Sen. R.A. R.N.A.S.B.R.) very fine (4) £100-£140

Leslie Newman, a weaver from Kellbrook, Yorkshire, was born on 11 May 1895. Enlisting for the duration of the Great War on 5 August 1914, his Great War service included service in the Hospital Ship M.F.A. Magic and in H.M.S. Crescent, a depot ship for the 3rd Submarine Flotilla at Rosyth. He was promoted to Senior Reserve Attendant on 27 March 1915. Demobbed on 25 May 1919, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve. A member of the St. John Ambulance, he was awarded his Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 October 1920, and a Second Award Bar on 15 February 1937.