Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker 1st Class P. Howes, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.3618, P. Howes, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.3618 P. Howes. Sto.1 R.N.) nearly very fine (3) £40-£50

Percy Howes was born in Oxford on 25 March 1891 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 26 July 1909. Promoted Stoker 1st Class on 15 September 1910, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Patrol, his war-time service being regularly interrupted by periods in the cells, and was shore discharged, time expired, on 21 August 1921. He subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve.