Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker First Class W. Thompson, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.11881. W. Thompson. Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.11881 W. Thompson Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.11881 W. Thompson Sto.1. H.M.S. Warspite.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

William Thompson was born in Sunderland on 20 June 1892 and enlisted in the Royal Navy on 11 July 1911. He was paid a war gratuity for service on H.M.S. Attentive and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 19 September 1926.