Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman W. H. Thomas, H.M.Y. Osborne, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (129962 W. H. Thomas. A.B. R.N.), partially officially renamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (William H. Thomas, A.B., H.M.Y. Osborne.) impressed naming, good very fine (2) £120-£160

William Henry Thomas was born in Barking, Essex, on 9 June 1869 and entered naval service on 24 January 1885 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. St Vincent. Promoted Able Seaman on 1 September 1889, he served as such in the Royal Yacht Osborne from 24 March 1898 to 6 May 1908 and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 18 June 1907. He spent the Great War in H.M.S. Dolphin and died on 14 April 1919 at Haslar Naval Hospital.