Four: Stoker Petty Officer H. F. Bone, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (357818, H. F. Bone, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (357818 H. F. Bone. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (357818 H. F. Bone, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Latona.); together with two H.M.S. St. Vincent field gun prize medals, both bronze, very fine (4) £100-£140

Harold Frederick Bone was born in Gosport, Hampshire, on 2 September 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic Third Class on 6 October 1889. He was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 1 January 1914, and served during the Great War in a variety of ships and shore based establishments. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 November 1917, and was shore pensioned on 8 October 1921, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.