Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. Spence, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (302530 W. Spence. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (302530. William Spence, S.P.O. H.M.S. Astraea.) light contact marks, very fine (3) £60-£80

William Spence was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in November 1884 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1903 as a Stoker Second Class. During the Great War he saw active service aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Astraea and the destroyer H.M.S. Tara. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1918 while serving with the former, and was shore pensioned in February 1925, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following October.