Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Cook W. Surr, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary

1914-15 Star (W. Surr, Sh. Ck., M,F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (W. Surr, Ch. Ck., M.F.A.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William J. Surr) some edge bruising, good very fine (4) £80-100

William Surr was a native of Bootle, Liverpool, England, where he had been born in 1882. By profession a Merchant Seaman - the England & Wales National Census 1911, records William Surr, as a Cook (Seafarer), married to Mary Surr and living at his residence at 5 Thornton Street, Litherland, Lancashire, together with three children, all boys, William, Thomas and John Surr. William died in October 1933, and his remains were buried at Ford Cemetery, Liverpool, on 26 October 1933. At the time of his death William was 51 years of age.