Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., star type (Peter O. Ryan.) in Elkington, London, case of issue, minor enamel damage, good very fine

Imperial Service Medal (3), G.V.R., circular type, 2nd issue (Robert Dow Strachan.); E.II.R., 2nd issue (2) (John Stansfield Hirst; Peter James Hirst) good very fine (4) £70-90

I.S.M. London Gazette 29 July 1919 Peter Owen Ryan, Overseer, Central Telegraph Office.

I.S.M. 14 June 1982 John Stansfield Hirst, Sailmaker, Ministry of Defence.

I.S.M. 6 February 1984 Peter James Hirst, Craftsman’s Mate Special, Ministry of Defence.

John Stansfield Hirst and Peter James Hirst were brothers, the sons of Oscar Hirst (Constable, R.M. Police) and Alice E. Hirst, who in 1939 were living at 5, Royal Military Police Cottages, Gillingham, Kent.