Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant A. Meldrum, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and Mercantile Marine

British War Medal 1914-20 (S.Lt. A. Meldrum. R.N.V.R.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Arthur Meldrum); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S.Lt. A. Meldrum. R.N.V.R.) minor edge nicks, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90

Arthur Meldrum was born in Carlisle in 1895 and was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 18 January 1918, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Actaeon, where he undertook a course of instruction in minesweeping. He was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 7 April 1919, and relinquished his commission on 1 September 1919 upon receiving his Board of Trade Certificate as 1st Mate in the Mercantile Marine.

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