Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Engine Room Artificer First Class S. B. Loney, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (308682 S. B. Loney, E.R.A.3., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (308682 S. B. Loney. E.R.A.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (308682 S. B. Loney. E.R.A.2 H.M.S. Victory) lacquered, very fine (4) £80-£120

Samuel Burt Loney, an engine fitter from Portsea, Hampshire, was born on 13 December 1882. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 3 August 1905, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Greenwich. Advanced Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 November 1921, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 January 1922, and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1923.