Auction Catalogue

5 & 6 December 2018

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 901

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£110

Four: Stoker Petty Officer T. Weeks, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (279748, T. Weeks, S.PO., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (279748 T. Weeks. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (279748 Tom Weeks, Sto. P.O., H.M.S. Research.) minor edge nicks to BWM, otherwise about extremely fine (4) £100-£140

Tom Weeks was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, on 4 April 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 15 June 1895. He was advanced to Stoker on 1 October 1896, Leading Stoker on 18 April 1906, and Stoker Petty Officer on 1 January 1910. He served in H.M.S. Research from 22 March 1910 to 19 April 1912, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1910. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Cockatrice before being invalided out of the service with heart disease on 12 October 1916.

Sold with copied record of service.