Five: Chief Stoker S. W. Stewart, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K,59501 S. W. Stewart. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Shropshire.) good very fine (5) £50-£70

Sidney William Stewart was born in Rochester, Kent, on 7 December 1902 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 28 January 1921. Advanced Chief Stoker on 21 November 1932, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1936, and was shore discharged on 5 November 1945.