Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker 1st Class J. H. Carter, Royal Navy, late Royal Marine Light Infantry

China 1900, no clasp (J. H. Carter, Bugler R.M. H.M.S. Aurora.); 1914-15 Star (309055, J. H. Carter, Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (309055 J. H. Carter. Sto.1. R.N.) contact marks and lightly polished, the China Medal good fine, the Great War awards very fine (4) £240-£280

John Henry Carter was born in Exeter on 24 June 1884, and enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry as a Bugler on 3 April 1899. He transferred to the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 8 October 1905, and served during the Great War as a Stoker 1st Class.