Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Mechanician A. R. Hayes, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (300210 A. R. Hayes, A.Mech., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (300210 A. R. Hayes. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (300210 A. R. Hayes, Mechn., H.M.S. Castor) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Archibald Rodney Hayes was born at Ryde, Isle of Wight on 11 June 1882 and entered naval service on 25 March 1902, as a Stoker 2nd Class in H.M.S. Duke of Wellington II. He rose to become Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Blenheim by November 1911. Advanced to Acting Mechanician in 1915, and subsequently Mechanician, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1917, and was shore pensioned in 1922.