Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Stoker J. F. Ford, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (J. F. Ford, Sto., H.M.S. Pearl.); 1914-15 Star (291543. J. F. Ford, A. Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (291543 J. F. Ford. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (291543 J. F. Ford, Stoker, P.O., H.M.S. Leander.) light contact marks, generally very fine (5) £160-£200

Joseph Fredrick Ford was born in Devonport, Devon in January 1881. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker in March 1899, and served with H.M.S. Pearl, December 1901 - November 1904. Ford advanced to Stoker Petty Officer in 1910, subsequent service during the Great War included with H.M.S. Foyle, 1915-1916, and the destroyer H.M.S. Nicator, April 1916 - August 1917 - the latter being present at the Battle of Jutland. Ford advanced to Chief Stoker in February 1916, and was ‘Shore Pensioned’ in 1919.