Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Surgeon-Lieutenant A. S. Bissett, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (Surg. Prob. A. S. Bissett. R.N.V.R.); Voluntary Medical Service Medal (Dr. A. Bissett.) in named card box of issue, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90

Alexander Shanks Bissett was born on Islay on 28 March 1896 and was educated at the University of Glasgow. Enlisting in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve whilst still at university, he was aboard the first ship to sail from Scapa Flow for the Battle of Jutland, the Fleet Minesweeper H.M.S. Gentian. Upon completing his medical training he joined the battleship H.M.S. Caesar in the eastern Mediterranean, and served as a temporary Surgeon-Lieutenant in the Dardanelles before being demobilised on 1 December 1919.

In civilian life Bissett became a successful medical practitioner, and died in June 1979.