Four: Stoker Petty Officer H. J. Adams, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 64795 H. J. Adams. P.O. H.M.S. Bridgewater) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £60-£80

Herbert James Adams was born in Bridgewater, Somerset, on 2 June 1908 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 16 September 1924. He was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 23 September 1939 and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 July 1939. His service record notes that he was originally invalided out of the service on 19 January 1938, but recalled, was later released, Class A, on 15 November 1946.