Four: Chief Petty Officer Cook R. F. Duncan, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.1620 R. F. Duncan L. Ck. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.1620 R. F. Duncan L. Ck. Mte. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.1620 R. F. Duncan L. Ck. H.M.S. Dublin.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £80-£120

Richard Ford Duncan, a shop assistant from Brompton, London, was born on 11 October 1889. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 7 February 1910, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Hecla and H.M.S. Greenwich. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 2 April 1925, and was advanced chief Petty Officer Cook on 24 February 1929. Shore pensioned on 6 February 1932, he was recalled for Second War service ashore in the UK, before being Indefinitely Released on 13 December 1944.