Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Marine O. Hirst, Royal Marines
1914-15 Star (Ply. 14389, Pte. O. Hirst, R.M.L.I,); British War and Victory Medals (Ply. 14389 Pte. O. Hirst. R.M.L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (Ply. 14389 O. Hirst. Mne. R.M.) mounted as worn, edge bruising to BWM, very fine

Pair: K. F. Robertson, Mercantile Marine
British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (Kenneth F. Robertson) good very fine (6) £100-140

Oscar Hirst was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, on 15 September 1890, and attested for the Royal Marines Light Infantry, Plymouth Division, in Manchester on 10 February 1908. He served in H.M.S. Tiger during the Great War at the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 November 1923, and was discharged on 14 September 1929. He subsequently served as a Constable in the Royal Marines Police at Gillingham, Kent. He died on 10 January 1968.


Kenneth Fraser Robertson was born in Fulham, London, in April 1902 , and served during the Great War as a Boy Mariner. He died in Surrey in 1976.