Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (3) (J.28140 J. J. Full. A.B. H.M.S. Comus.; K. 63774 A. E. Lawrence Mech. 2. H.M.S. Cumberland.; J. 94030 W. C. Walter. P. O. H.M.S. Norfolk.) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £100-£140

John Joseph Full was born in Exeter, Devon, on 24 July 1898. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in October 1913 as a Boy Second Class and first served with the training establishment H.M.S. Impregnable. During the Great War he served with several ships including the cruisers H.M.S. Edgar and Donegal, the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Colossus, the PC-class sloop H.M.S. P.55 and the flotilla leader H.M.S. Valourus. Full was on the crew of the later during the Russian Civil War when she and the destroyer H.M.S. Vancouver severely damaged the Bolshevik submarine Ersh on 27 July 1919. Following the war he continued his service with ships such as the yacht H.M.S. Alacrity, the cruiser H.M.S. Cairo and the flotilla leader H.M.S. Valhalla. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst part of the crew of the light cruiser H.M.S. Comus.

Arthur Ernest Lawrence was born in Camberwell, London, on 17 January 1901. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in May 1919 and first served with the shore establishment H.M.S. Vivid II. In January 1920 he was transferred to the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Argus. Following this, Lawrence had a long service with the Royal Navy, serving in many ships including the light cruisers H.M.S. Cairo and Curlew, the minelaying cruiser H.M.S. Adventure, the heavy cruisers H.M.S. Frobisher and Cumberland, and the battleships H.M.S. Resolution and Royal Sovereign. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving with Cumberland. On the outbreak of the Second World War, he was on the crew of the heavy cruiser H.M.S. York and was present during her involvement in the Norwegian campaign and also the Battle of Cape Passero, when she sank the disabled and abandoned Italian destroyer Artigliere on 13 October 1940. He was also aboard on 26 March 1941 when the York was disabled at Suda Bay in Crete by two Italian explosive motorboats of the Italian Regia Marina assault Flotilla.

William Charles Walter was born in Holborn, London, on 8 March 1902. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1919 as a Boy Second Class and first served with the training establishment H.M.S. Impregnable. He had a long service with the Royal Navy, serving in many ships including the destroyers H.M.S. Vidette and Seawolf, the heavy cruiser H.M.S. Norfolk, and the battleships, H.M.S. Benbow, Rodney and Queen Elizabeth. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving with the heavy cruiser H.M.S. Norfolk. During the Second World War, Walter served with the shore establishments H.M.S. Impregnable and Raleigh. It was during his service with the later that he was commissioned in September 1942.