Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. F. Oliver, Royal Navy, a veteran of both World Wars, who served in H.M.S. Minotaur during the Great War, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916

1914-15 Star (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.6069. J. F. Oliver, S.P.O. H.M.S. Conquest.) contact marks, worn and polished, therefore fair (4) £100-£140

James Frederick Oliver, a storekeepers assistant, was born on 30 April 1891 in Marylebone, London. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 27 April 1910, his Great War service was in H.M.S. Minotaur, who served in the Northern Patrol and was later present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, but did not fire her guns. Appointed Stoker Petty Officer on 15 August 1918, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1925. Shore pensioned on 26 April 1932, he was recalled on 25 September 1938, and served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Despatch from 31 July 1939 to 2 April 1941 in the South Atlantic and Caribbean. He latterly served in H.M.S. Duke before demobilisation on 27 September 1945.