Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer W. F. Hartfield, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (181819, W. F. Hartfield, P.O.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (181819 W. F. Hartfield. P.O. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (181819 W. F. Hartfield. P.O. H.M.S. Victory.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Walter Frederick Hartfield was born in Sheerness, Kent, on 1 January 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 November 1894. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 August 1913, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Skipjack from the outbreak of War to 3 September 1915, and in H.M.S. Victory from 4 September 1915 to the end of hostilities. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 March 1917, and was shore demobilised on 18 June 1919.