Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

1914-15 Star (3) (J. 24691. W. H. Alloway. Boy 1. R.N.; 203189 J. T. Bassett, L.S. R.N.; P.O. 8766, Pte. W. Richards, R.M.L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (4972 T.S. G. A. Duncan. Engn.. R.N.R.; 147436 C. L. Le B. White. C.P.O. R.N.) the first planchet only; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Albert G. Port); Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (J. 15177 E. E. Collins. A.B. R.N.; 303183 E. Ware. Sto. 1. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (James Soutar) in card envelope of issue, very fine or better (9) £180-£220

William Henry Alloway was killed in action on 15 October 1914, aged 16, when H.M.S. Hawke was sunk; he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

John Thomas Bassett was killed, aged 30, on 11 March 1916, when H.M. Submarine E5 struck a mine; he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

William Richards enlisted in the Royal Marines Light Infantry in 1896; he landed with the Naval Brigade in China in 1900, took part in the Relief of Peking and the capture of Tientsin Arsenal (and, as such, was entitled to the China Medal, with 'Relief of Pekin' clasp). He served in H.M.S. Patia in the First World War, until invalided on 6 July 1916. He died of tuberculosis on 7 March 1921 and was buried in Sutton Cemetery.

George Addison Duncan was killed on 11 February 1918, when H.M. Trawler Princess Olga was sunk. He was buried at Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, France.

Charles Leonard Le Baron Whyte, the son of Captain Irving and Harriet Whtye, was killed in action when H.M.S. Good Hope was sunk during the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914; he is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

Albert Goddard Port was killed in action, aged 29, on 24 March 1917, when S.S. Achille Adam was torpedoed in the English Channel. He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial.

Ernest Edward Collins served in the Royal Navy from 8 December 1911 to 9 December 1919, having spent most of the war on H.M.S. Zealandia.

Ernest Ware was killed in action, aged 16, when H.M.S. Defence was sunk on 31 May 1916, during the Battle of Jutland (there was only one survivor); he is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

James Soutar was killed on 17 February 1917 when H.M. Trawler Hawk was sunk, and is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.