Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Leading Stoker J. T. Welsh, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (210798, J. T. Welsh, Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210798 J. T. Welsh. Lg. Btn. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (210798 J. T. Welsh. Sto. 1 Cl. H.M.S. Challenger.), contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

John Thomas Welsh was born in Portsmouth on 16 May 1883, entering naval service on 20 July 1900. He served with the Coast Guard after the war, which he spent mostly in H.M.S. Challenger, and was discharged to shore in March 1923 ‘with compensation’ on the reduction of the Coast Guard.