Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Stoker Petty Officer W. Cummins, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (281296 Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Odin); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (281296 William Cummins, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Odin) contact marks and some edge bruising, nearly very fine and better (2) £140-180

William Cummins was born in Stalbridge, Dorset on 22 August 1874. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 6 December 1895. He attained the rank of Stoker Petty Officer in 1907. Served on Odin, December 1909-February 1912. During the Great War he served on the cruiser Liverpool, March 1913-February 1915 and then on the battleship Barham, August 1915-May 1919 - on which he saw action during the battle of Jutland. Demobilised in May 1919. With copied service paper and other research. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star trio.