Pair: Chief Artificer Engineer M. W. Kempster, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Art. Eng. M. W. Kempster. R.N.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (J.79049 W. A. Trotman. Ord. R.N.) very fine

Five: Attributed to Able Seaman T. A. Downes, Royal Navy
1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, clasp, France and Germany; Burma Star, clasp, Pacific; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all engraved ‘Boots style’, ‘C/JX 378655 AB T. A. Downes R.N.’, very fine

Royal Naval Reserve L.S & G.C., E.VII.R. (84137 C. Skeet, Sean. 1Cl, R.N.R.) toned, very fine (9) £100-£140

Major William Kempster was born in Witney, Oxfordshire in October 1876. He joined the Royal Navy as an Engine Room Artificer 4th Class in October 1897, and advanced to Acting Artificer Engineer in October 1906. Subsequent service included as Chief Artificer Engineer with H.M.S. Ouse (destroyer) from 25 May 1915 (entitled to 1914-15 Star).

William Alfred Trotman was born in Newport, Wales in September 1899. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in October 1917, and served with H.M.S. Louvain (armed boarding steamer - previously named SS Dresden) during the Great War. Trotman was killed in action when she was sunk in the Aegean by the German submarine UC-22, 20 January 1918. He is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.