Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to include a Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals

Pair: Sir William Ernest Milman, 6th Baronet of Levaton, late Merchant Navy, who did valuable work during the occupation of Norway during W.W.2

British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William E. Milman) extremely fine (2) £100-140

Sir William Ernest Milman, 6th Baronet of Levaton was born on 11 August 1875 in Clonmel, Cork, Ireland. His father was Francis Millman, 5th Baronet of Levaton. He was nominated as a youth to a Clerkship in the House of Commons by his cousin, Sir Archibald Milman, then Clerk of the House, however he preferred a more adventurous life, and joined the Merchant Navy, working for a time with the P & O Company. He qualified as Second Mate 27 July 1897 and First Mate 26 April 1901. Saw service in both the Boer and Great Wars. He lived variously in Argentina, Australia, and British Columbia, before going to live in Oslo. In Norway he married Elder Wilse Samson in 1934, whose cousin was, during WW2, Chief Justice of Norway, and while in this position became a leading member of the Norwegian resistance movement. Both William and his wife did valuable work in this cause during the occupation. Soon after the War, his brother Brigadier-General Sir Lionel Milman died, 10 October 1946 and William succeeded and became the 6th Baronet. He returned to England in 1959 on the death of his wife. Sir William died on 30 August 1962. With crushed card boxes of issue; copied m.i.c. and a quantity of notes on the Milman family.