Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Petty Officer D. Y. Walton, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (D. Y. Walton, Ldg; Seamn: H.M.S. Racoon); 1914-15 Star (173848, D. Y. Walton, Act. C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (173848 D. Y. Walton. C.P.O. R.N. ); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (173848 D. Y. Walton, P.O. 1Cl, H.M.S. Actæon.) contact marks, very fine or better (5) £200-£240

David Younghusband Walton was born in White Haven, Cumberland in June 1877. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in June 1895 and first served in H.M.S. Caledonia as a Boy Second Class. In February 1898 he was posted to the torpedo cruiser, H.M.S. Racoon and was aboard during her involvement in the Second Boer War. Walton was serving in H.M.S. Actæon when he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in June 1910, and during the Great War he served aboard H.M. Ships Tyne, Lightfoot and Waterhen. He was demobilised in August 1919 having reached the rate of Chief Petty Officer.