Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Engine Room Artificer G. Farmer, Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

1914 Star, with copy clasp (SX.5/169. G. Farmer. A.B. R.N.V.R. Howe Bttn. R.N.D.) attempt to obliterate rate; British War and Victory Medals (M.19363 G. Farmer. Act. E.R.A. 4 R.N.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (M.19363 G. Farmer. E.R.A.) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £140-£180

George Farmer was born in St. Leonards, Sussex, on 26 August 1893 and joined the Sussex Division of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 25 August 1910. He served during the Great War as an Able Seaman with the Howe Battalion, Royal Naval Division, before transferring to the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 15 March 1916.