Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer Class I R. R. Richardson, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (161798, R. R. Richardson, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (161798 R. R. Richardson. C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (161798 R. R. Richardson, P. O. 1 Cl, H.M.S. Donegal) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £100-140

Robert Richard Richardson was born in Walsall, on 12 January 1875, and was an errand boy before joining the Royal Navy on 12 July 1891. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1908, and served in H.M.S. Defiance and Berwick during the Great War. He completed his service in 1919 as a Chief Petty Officer.