Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer First Class W. Phillips, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Phillips, A.B., H.M.S. Partridge); 1914-15 Star (164794, W. Phillips, P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (164794 W. Phillips. P.O. 1 R.N.) good very fine (4) £140-£180

Walter Phillips was born in Southwark, London, on 1 November 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 13 January 1892. Advanced Able Seaman on 21 May 1896, he served in H.M.S. Partridge from 4 May 1899 to 12 May 1902, and was advanced Petty Officer First Class on 17 February 1910. He served during the Great War predominantly in H.M.S. Lord Nelson, and was shore discharged from H.M.S. Boadicea on 2 May 1919. He did not qualify for a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.