Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A scarce ‘Baltic 1919’ M.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer W. R. Bennett, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (199395, W. R. Bennett, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (199395 W. R. Bennett. P.O. R.N.); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (199395 W. R. Bennett. P.O. “Cleopatra” Baltic 1919); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (199395 W. R. Bennett. C.P.O. H.M.S. Victory), good very fine (5) £500-£700

M.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1920:
‘For services in the Baltic, 1919’

William Robert Bennett was born in Newham, Sussex, on 13 October 1882, entering naval service on 26 May 1898, serving in H.M.S. St Vincent. By 1914, he was a Petty Officer in H.M.S. Tamar, serving in her until 1 June 1917, when he was drafted to Victory I and Excellent until the end of the war. Bennett was pensioned to shore on 15 October 1922.