Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Yeoman Signaller G. A. Hutchins, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (229816 L. Sig., R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (229816 L. Sig., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (229816 Y.S., H.M.S. Ramillies) suspension bent and slack; Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st (star shaped) issue (George Hutchins); Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, 8th Class, silver, in lacquer case of issue, complete with red cords; together with an erased Victory Medal 1914-19, some contact marks, very fine (6) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of British Groups with Foreign Awards.

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Order of the Rising Sun, 8th Class London Gazette 8 March 1920. ‘Ldg. Sig. George A. Hutchins, O.N. 229816 (Ch.)’

George Andrew Hutchins was born in Kingston-on-Thames on 24 August 1886. He entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in February 1904 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in May 1904. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in August 1904 and to Signaller in December the same year, both whilst on Hercules. Promoted to Leading Signaller in April 1914, he served on the cruiser Yarmouth, April-August 1914 and the battleship Duncan, July 1915-April 1917. For his wartime services he was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun 8th Class. Promoted to Yeoman Signaller in May 1921, he was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. in March 1924. Pensioned ashore on 30 August 1926. With copied service paper, gazette and roll extracts.

The ISM in this lot was awarded to the father of Yeo Sig Hutchins. George Hutchins (father) was awarded the ISM in 1913 where he is shown as a London Postman