Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 ‘North Sea’ D.S.M. awarded to 2nd Hand J. R. Evans, Royal Naval Reserve, for his gallantry during an attack on an enemy submarine

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (S.A. 659 J. R. Evans, 2nd. Hd. R.N.R. North Sea. 24 April 1917.) mounted as worn on original mounting pin, nearly very fine £600-£800

D.S.M. London Gazette 22 June 1917.

John Robert Evans was born in Hull on 10 February 1889, and received his Certificate of Competency on 5 January 1912. He joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 23 November 1914, and served during the Great War in the armed trawler Halcyon. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for attacking an enemy submarine in the North Sea on 24 April 1917, and after further service in various other trawlers was demobilised at Grimsby on 21 January 1920.