Pair: Ordinary Seaman W. Neal, Royal Navy, who served with H.M.S. Liverpool in the Black Sea area of operations during the Russian Intervention

British War and Victory Medals (J.81670 W. Neal. Ord. R.N.) with named card box of issue, and parchment certificate of service, the latter in an OHMS addressed to recipient at ‘22 Willoughby St., New Lenton, Nottingham’, good very fine (2) £40-£50

William Neal was born in Chester, Cheshire in December 1899. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in December 1917. Service during the Great War included with H.M. Ships Europa (cruiser - and flagship at Mudros), April - June 1918, and Liverpool (cruiser), June 1918 - April 1919. He served with the latter in the Black Sea, during the Russian Intervention.