Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Senior Chief Petty Officer H. W. Gates, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (MX.46526 H. W. Gates. L.S.A. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.46526 H. W. Gates. S.C.P.O. H.M.S. Konconi) good very fine (6) £140-£180

Herbert William Gates was born in Portsmouth on 5 November 1911 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as an Apprentice on 1 August 1927. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 June 1945.