Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Able Seaman A. E. Hill, Royal Navy

China 1900, no clasp (A. E. Hill, A.B., H.M.S. Isis.); 1914-15 Star (184305, A. E. Hill, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (184305 A. E. Hill. A.B. R.N.) polished, good very fine (4) £200-£240

Albert Edgar Hill was born in Frindsbury, Kent, on 21 March 1880 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 26 June 1895. He served in H.M.S. Isis from 10 February 1898 to 18 January 1902, and was advanced Able Seaman on 1 January 1900. Shore discharged, time expired, on 21 March 1910, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 2 April 1910, but was recalled for War service, and served during the Great War until finally being demobilised on 12 March 1917. He did not qualify for a Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.