Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Stoker First Class J. H. M. Read, Royal Navy

1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (K.67122 J. H. M. Read. Sto.1. H.M.S. Sheldrake.) nearly extremely fine (6) £70-£90

James Herbert Martin Read was born in Ipswich, Suffolk on 25 August 1908 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 20 October 1926. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 July 1941, and was shore pensioned on 26 August 1948.