Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Deck Hand J. C. Mealor, Royal Naval Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (16879/D.A. J. C. Mealor. D.H. R.N.R.) both with official corrections, very fine

1914-15 Star (K.21536. G. H. Rundle, Sto.1., R.N.); British War Medal 1914-20 (M.33090 W. A. Knapton. 2 Ck. Mte. R.N.) nearly very fine (4) £50-£70

George Henry Rundle was born in Truro, Cornwall, on 10 October 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 22 December 1913. He served during the Great War mainly in H.M.S. Adventure, and was advanced Leading Stoker on 6 October 1917. He was shore invalided on 31 December 1919.

William Augustus Knapton was born in Emsworth, Hampshire, on 11 March 1888 and joined the Royal Navy on 13 July 1918. A butcher by profession, he served as a Second Cook’s Mate, and was shore demobilised on 13 February 1919.

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