Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker R. James, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.22214. R. James. Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.22214. R. James. Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.22214. R. James. Sto.1. H.M.S. Pembroke.) contact marks, polished, therefore fine, the LS&GC better (4) £80-£120

Robert James, a brewer's labourer from Norwich, was born on 29 December 1893. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 20 March 1914, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Agamemnon in the Dardanelles, where she supported the Gallipoli landings, before further service in the Mediterranean. He also served in H.M.S. Cormorant at Gibraltar. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 April 1929, he was shore pensioned on 19 March 1936, before being recalled for Second War service on 8 November 1939. He served during the Second War in H.M.S. Delhi in the Mediterranean, North Africa, and Italy, before further service in H.M.S. Malaya on convoy duty between Canada and the U.K.