Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class G. Connor, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (268949, G. Connor, C.E.R.A. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (268949 G. Connor. C.E.R.A. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (268949 George Connor, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Cormorant.) suspension claw crudely repaired and reaffixed on last, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90

George Connor, a coppersmith from Sheffield, Yorkshire, was born on 3 December 1875. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 5th March 1897, he was advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class on 10 April 1911, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Cormorant on 1 April 1912. His Great War service included service in HMS Pembroke II, a Royal Naval Air Service station at Eastchurch, before he was shore pensioned on 26 February 1919.