Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Warrant Engineer L. Mount, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (M.24927 L. Mount. B. Art. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M.24927 L. Mount. C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.24927 L. Mount. A/C.E.R.A.2. H.M.S. Valiant.) light contact marks, good very fine (8) £180-£220

Leslie Mount was born in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, on 15 March 1901 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Artificer on 3 January 1917, serving during the Great War in H.M.S. Fisgard. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 April 1934, and was promoted temporary Acting Warrant Engineer on 1 April 1941.