Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Seven: Chief Petty Officer Writer B. Potter, Royal Navy, who was taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese during the Second War

British War and Victory Medals (M.25808 B. Potter. 3 Wr. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Pacific Star, 1 clasp, Burma; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (25808 B. Potter C.P.O. Wr. H.M.S. Victory.) the Great War awards polished, therefore fair, the rest very fine and better (7) £200-£240

Benjamin Potter was born in Saddleworth, Yorkshire, on 5 April 1899 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 9 April 1917. He served during the Great War in the shore bases H.M.S. Fisgard and H.M.S. Egmont, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 14 April 1932. During the Second World War, he was taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese and was held at Tjimahi, Badung, Java.

Sold together with a group photograph of the Accountant Staff at R.N. Barracks, Lee-on-Solent, dated 1947.