Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Leading Stoker T. Swift, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K. 7315, T. Swift, Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 7315 T. Swift. Sto. 1 R.N.) mounted for display, very fine

Three: Able Seaman T. Street, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (SS.5324, T. Street, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS. 5324 T. Street. A.B. R.N.) mounted for display, light contact marks, very fine (6) £80-£120

Thomas Swift was born in Leicester in November 1891. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in June 1910, and advanced to Leading Stoker in June 1919. Swift served with H.M.S. Bristol (cruiser), July 1913 - December 1915, during which time she was engaged in the Battle of the Falkland Islands (8 December 1914). He subsequently served with H.M.S. Leviathan (cruiser), July 1916 - August 1918. Swift transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in April 1920.

Thomas Street was born in Knutsford, Cheshire in December 1896. He joined the Royal Navy as an Ordinary Seaman in February 1915, and advanced to Able Seaman in April 1918. Street served with H.M.S. Cleopatra (cruiser), June 1915 - April 1918, during which time she served as the flagship for the Harwich Force, and was part of the naval force covering the raid on Tondern (24 March 1916) - during the return journey from which she rammed and sank a German destroyer. Street transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in February 1920, and was Shore Demobilised in June of the following year.