Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (278100 James Simpson, Ldg. Stoker, H.M.S. Albermarle) polished, good fine £20-30

James Simpson was born at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland in October 1873 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in October 1894. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in January 1913, he was serving as a Leading Stoker aboard the battleship H.M.S. Albemarle on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. Simpson came ashore to Victory II in December 1915 but returned to sea in the battle cruiser Princess Royal in June 1916 for the remainder of the War. He was demobilised in March 1919 and joined the Coast Guard in July of the same year.