Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Armourer T. Branson, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (295577. T. Branson. Armr. H.M.S. Sphinx.); 1914-15 Star (295577. T. Branson. Armr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (295577 T. Branson. Armr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (295577. Thomas Branson. Armr. H.M.S. Dufferin.), nearly very fine (5) £180-£220

Thomas Branson was born in Birmingham on 1 December 1880 and entered naval service on 30 June 1900 as a Stoker 2nd Class, quickly changing trades to Armourer’s Crew on 30 October in H.M.S. Wildfire. He served in H.M.S. Sphinx from 26 March 1913 to 5 August 1914 as an Armourer. After war service in H.M.S. Dufferin (in which ship was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal), he served in the Coast Guard before taking his pension in June 1922.