Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Shipwright First Class W. Patmore, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (M.6382 W. Patmore. Shpt. 3 R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M.6382 W. Patmore. Shpt. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.6382 W. Patmore. Shpt 1. H.M.S. Hood.) mounted as worn, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine, the NGS better (3) £140-£180

Walter Patmore was born in Portsmouth on 25 August 1898, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Shipwright on 18 July 1913, serving during the Great War on the books of H.M.S. Victory II. He transferred to H.M.S. Hood on 16 January 1931, was advanced to Shipwright First Class on 6 August of that year, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 September 1931. Transferring to H.M.S. Ajax on 16 April 1935, he served in her in connection with the military operations on and off the coast of Palestine, before being shore pensioned on 24 August 1938.