Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. W. Dinham, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (289642. J. W. Dinham. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (289642 J. W. Dinham Act. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (289542 J. W. Dinham. Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Apollo.) light contact marks, better than very fine (4) £100-£140

John William Dinham was born at Ilminster, Somerset on 25 November 1879 and entered naval service on 25 August 1898. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Vivid. He was issued his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1913, sent to H.M.S. Apollo and was shore pensioned in 1920.