Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker W. Brailsford, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star (S.5829, W. Brailsford. Sto. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (5829S. W. Brailsford. Sto. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (1884. V., W. Brailsford. Sto. R.N.R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £80-£100

William Brailsford was born on 27 August 1891, at Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. He enrolled into the Royal Naval Reserve on 13 January 1915, and was at that time a resident of Maryhill, Glasgow. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Commonwealth, H.M.S. Lord Nelson and H.M.S. Pembroke. He was demobilized in April 1919, but remained in the Royal Naval Reserve being re-enrolled with service number V.1884. He attended annual trainings up to 1934, when he was determined to be unfit for further naval service, due to chronic bronchitis, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1930.