Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Stoker Petty Officer J. Southern, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.61039 J. Southern. S.P.O. H.M.S. Restless) mounted as worn, very fine (5) £100-£140

Joseph Southern was born in Newcastle on 26 October 1900 and joined the Royal Navy on 26 April 1923, having served two and a half years in the Royal Air Force. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1936, he served during the Second War in H.M.S. Greenwich before being shore pensioned in November 1942

Sold with Original parchment Certificate of Service and 22 original photographs, including ones taken when service in the Arctic during the Second War.