Orders, Decorations and Medals

An R.V.M. group of six awarded to Shipwright F. Cooper, Royal Navy

Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed; 1914-15 Star (345772 Shpt. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (345772 Shpt. 2., R.N.); Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (345772 Frederick Cooper, Shpt. 1Cl., H.M.S. Agincourt) good very fine (6) £260-300

R.V.M. London Gazette 11 August 1924.

Shipwright Frederick Cooper, R.N. was awarded the R.V.M. when serving on H.M.Y. Britannia - on the occasion of the King’s visit to Cowes. Awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. when a Shipwright on board Agincourt - a dreadnought battleship mounting a main armament of 14 x 12inch calibre guns in seven turrets - the most ever fitted to a 20th Century battleship.