Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker 1st Class J. D. Ross, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (SS.115206, J. D. Ross, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.115206, J. D. Ross. Sto.1. R.N); St. John Service Medal, with Additional Award Bar (21660. Cpl. J. D. Ross. No.4 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1938) contact marks, very fine (4) £60-£80

John Disbury Ross was born in Liverpool on 21 November 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in December 1913. During the Great War he served aboard the Destroyer H.M.S. Larne from June to November 1916, and H.M.S. Chagford from June to August 1917. He was demobilised on 10 June 1921, having joined the Royal Fleet Reserve 2 years earlier.