Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Stoker Petty Officer J. Gillett, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve

Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (J. Gillett, Sto., H.M.S. Hyacinth.); 1914-15 Star (278249 J. Gillett. S.P.O,. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (278249 J. Gillett. S.P.O. R.N).; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (278249 Dev. A. 2482 J. Gillett. S.P.O. R.F.R.) generally very fine (5) £200-£240

James Gillett was born in Calne, Wiltshire, on 23 November 1876 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 11 December 1894. He served in H.M.S. Hyacinth during the 1902-04 Somaliland campaign, and was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 10 July 1906. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Leander, St. George, Dido, Wallington and Apollo. He did not qualify for his Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal due to a conviction for drunkenness. Demobilised on 10 February 1919, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, and was awarded his Royal Fleet Reserve Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 December 1924.