Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Ordinary Seaman W. J. Liversage, Mercantile Marine and Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (J. 59025 W. J. Liversage, Ord., R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William Liversage); Victory Medal 1914-19 (J. 59025 W. J. Liversage, Ord., R.N.); France, Merchant Marine Medal for Courage and Devotion, silver, the reverse officially engraved, ‘Liversage, W., 1928’, very fine or better (4) £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Merchant Seamen and D.E.M.S. Gunners.

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William James Liversage, who was born in Cheshire in November 1897, enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in September 1916. His subsequent wartime appointments included the battleship Superb in January-June 1917, the Milford Haven base Idaho for service in the P. 62 in October 1917-April 1918, and finally the decoy ship Bendish from October 1918. Demobilised in February 1919, he returned to his career as a merchant seaman and, as listed above, was awarded the French Merchant Marine Medal for Courage and Devotion in 1928; sold with further details.