Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer S. G. Aldridge, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.20157 S. G. Aldridge. A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20157 S. G. Aldridge. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J.20157 S. G. Aldridge. L.S. H.M.S. Revenge.) contact marks, good fine and better (4) £80-£120

Sidney George Aldridge, a Greenwich school boy from Portsmouth, was born on 12 January 1897. Enlisting for Boy service in the Royal Navy on 12 September 1912, his Great War service included service afloat in H.M.S. Essex. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 6 April 1930, he was advanced Chief Petty Officer on 25 October 1931, before being shore pensioned on 11 January 1937. He was recalled for Second War service on 15 May 1940, serving ashore in the UK before being released on 28 September 1945.