British and World Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Ordinary Seaman W. G. Penman, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (J. 85411 W. G. Penman, Ord., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, the Great War awards mounted as worn, and the 1939-45 War awards in their original card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mr. W. G. Penman, 9 Browning Road, Stoke, Devonport’, the side further inscribed ‘D/J. 85411’, together with (torn) Admiralty campaign award forwarding slip, the first two with edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus good fine, the remainder extremely fine (7) £60-80

William Greig Penman was born in Fife in May 1900 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1918. Removing to the battleship Royal Oak in June of the same year, he was advanced to Able Seaman in May 1922 and was still serving in that rate at the end of the decade; an accompanying slip of paper credits Penman with service in the battleship H.M.S. Valiant in the 1939-45 War, which would certainly ring true given his entitlement and her Battle Honours for Norway 1940, Mediterranean 1940-43, Malta Convoys 1941, Matapan 1941, Crete 1941, Sicily 1943 and Salerno 1943.