Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Yeoman of Signals E. A. Norris, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (236707. E. A. Norris. L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (236707 E. A. Norris. Y.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (236707 E. A. Norris. C.Y.S. H.M.S. Hermes.) mounted for display, light contact marks overall, therefore nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Edward Anderson Norris was born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire in March 1890. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in June 1906, and advanced to Yeoman of Signals in January 1918. Norris served with H.M.S. Weymouth (cruiser), October 1913 - May 1916, during which time she served in operations off the East African Coast against the Königsberg - eventually trapping the latter in the Rufiiji River.

Norris advanced to Chief Yeoman of Signals in November 1926 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in May 1927).