Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Able Seaman A. Elmes, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.97246 A. Elmes. A.B. H.M.S. Windsor) minor edge knocks and contact marks, generally very fine (6) £70-£90

Alfred Elmes was born in Bannow, Co. Wexford, Ireland, on 8 October 1904 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 11 May 1920. Advanced Able Seaman on 3 May 1923, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 9 September 1937. His service record notes that he re-enlisted on 30 April 1943, with Service No. P/JX 501041.