Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker 1st Class J. Smith, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (K.8200 J. Smith. Sto.1. H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (K.8200 J. Smith. Sto.1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.8200 J. Smith. Sto.1. R.N.) mounted for display, all later issues, first with fixed suspension, generally good very fine (4) £80-£120

John Smith was born in Poplar, London in January 1892. He joined the Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class in August 1910, and served with H.M.S. Highflyer, December 1910 - June 1913. Service during the Great War included at H.M.S. Actaeon, and with H.M.S. Kestrel. Smith was ‘Invalided’, 22 October 1919.