Five: Chief Stoker E. J. North, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K. 4066. E. J. North. Lg. Sto. H.M.S. Alert.); 1914-15 Star (K.4066, E. J. North, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.4066 E. J. North. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.4066 E. J. North. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Columbine.) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise generally very fine (5) £200-£240

Edward John North was born on 15 May 1887, at Marlborough, Wiltshire. He commenced naval service on a 5 year short service engagement, as SS 101594, Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Acheron, on 20 November 1905. He was appointed to H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 12 April 1906, and H.M.S. Sutlej on 15 May 1906, being advanced to Stoker First Class on 23 August 1906. He transferred to a long service engagement on 10 August 1909, and was re-numbered K.4066. He was appointed Leading Stoker, H.M.S. Tenedos, on 4 September 1909. He served in H.M.S. Alert from 4 February to 21 November 1910, and was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer, H.M.S. St. George, on 15 September 1911. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Weymouth and H.M.S. Pembroke II, and was advanced to Chief Stoker, 1 April 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1921, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Pembroke II on 19 November 1927. He was recalled for service to H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 26 August 1939, as pensioned Chief Stoker, and was released from H.M.S. Royal Arthur on 27 June 1945, being entitled to a War Gratuity for his service in the Second World War.