Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer W. S. Prout, Royal Navy, who was killed during an air raid on Devonport on 21 April 1941

1914-15 Star (M.2280, W. S. Prout, L.Ck. Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.2280 W. S. Prout L.Ck. Mte. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.2280 W. S. Prout L.Ck. H.M.S. Woolwich) contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4) £120-£160

William Samson Prout was born at Penryn, Cornwall, on 16 May 1892, and commenced his naval service on 3 August 1910. He was paid a war gratuity for services in H.M.S, Colleen (Flying Fox), and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 September 1925. He was shore pensioned as Chief Petty Officer Cook on 2 August 1932. He was mobilised from the reserve in September 1938, and was killed by enemy action during an air raid when serving in H.M.S. Drake at Devonport on 21 April 1941, aged 50, and is buried in Plymouth (Weston Mill) Cemetery.