Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Shipwright First Class G. W. Harrison, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.14748, G. W. Harrison, Shpt. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.14748 G. W. Harrison. Shpt. 3 R.N.); Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.14748 G. W. Harrison. Ch. Shpt. 2. H.M.S. Sussex.) mounted as worn, the Great War awards polished and worn, hence good fine, the last two better (5) £120-£160

George William Harrison was born on 19 May 1893, at Devonport, Devon. He commenced naval service as Shipwright Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 12 August 1915, and was appointed to the Monitor, H.M.S. General Wolfe on 27 October 1915. He also served in H.M.S. Plymouth and H.M.S. Platypus, during the Great War. He continued in naval service after the Great War and served in several ships, including H.M.S. Curacoa, H.M.S. Erebus, H.M.S. Benbow, and H.M.S. Royal Oak. He was appointed Chief Shipwright Second Class, H.M.S. Sussex, on 27 March 1929; was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1930; and was advanced Chief Shipwright First Class, H.M.S. York, on 27 March 1935. He was pensioned to shore, from H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 11 August 1937. He was briefly recalled for service in December 1939, but was found physically unfit for further service.

Harrison appears on the Admiralty, other ranks, medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal, as C/M. 14748, Chief Shipwright First Class.