Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Mechanician A. Easson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Hyacinth during the 1914 blockade of S.M.S. Konigsberg in East Africa

1914-15 Star (281333 A. Easson. Mech. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (281333 A. Easson. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (281333 Andrew Easson, Mechanician. H.M.S. Superb) good very fine (4) £100-£140

Andrew Easson, a farm servant from Greenock, Renfrewshire, was born on 9 April 1874. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 16 December 1895, and awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1910. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Hyacinth which served in the naval blockade of S.M.S. Konigsberg in East Africa; he later served in H.M.S. Implacable during the Salonika campaign, and in H.M.S. Princess Royal, which served in a support role during the second battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917. He was demobilised on 12 June 1919 before joining the new Coastguard service on the special register on 30 August 1919, and his Great War medals were sent to the Coastguard at Rosyth.