Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Master at Arms G. E. Williams, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (310535, G. E. Williams, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (310535 G. E. Williams. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (310535. G.E. Williams, R.P.O. H.M.S. Victory.) contact marks, fine or better (4) £100-£140

George Edwin Williams was born at Portsea, Hampshire in April 1888 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1906 as a Stoker Second Class. He served with numerous ships including H.M.S. Nelson, Gladiator, Argonaut and Glasgow. During the Great War, he saw operational service aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Greyhound, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1921 while serving as a Regulating Petty Officer at the shore establishment, H.M.S. Victory. He was discharged with a pension in August 1928, having attained the rate of Master at Arms.