Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer C. W. Millard, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (194619, J. W. Millard, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (194619 J. W. Millard. C.P.O. R.N.) BWM officially re-impressed; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (194619 (Dev., A. 6626) J. W. Millard, C.P.O. R.F.R.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £80-£100

John William Millard was born in Stapleton, Gloucestershire, on 8 March 1881, entering naval service on 30 June 1897 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. Promoted Petty Officer on 4 October 1905, Millard was serving as such in H.M.S. Powerful on the outbreak of war, later serving in Eclipse, Vivid I and Revenge, before he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve in March 1921.