Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Gunner S. Shipp, Royal Marine Artillery

1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 7208, Gr. S. Shipp.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 7208 Gr. S. Shipp.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (R.M.A. 7208. Sydney Shipp, Gunner. R.M.A.) minor official correction to Christian name; Russia, Empire, Medal of the Order of St. George, 4th Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘1273178’, good very fine (5) £300-£400

Sydney Shipp was born on 21 August 1877 and enlisted in the Royal Marines in London on 29 December 1897. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Bellerophon, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, together with a gratuity of £5, in January 1918, and for his services during the Great War was awarded the Russian Medal of the Order of St. George (Service Papers confirm). He was discharged in June 1919, and died on 8 December 1966.