Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer A. E. Ireland, Royal Navy, who was appointed to be a Warrant Recruiter in the Second World War

British War Medal 1914-20 (M.26645 A. E. Ireland. 3 Wr. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.26645 A. E. Ireland. C.P.O. H.M.S. Vivid.) better than very fine (4) £50-£70

Arthur Edward Ireland was born on 13 June 1899, at Peterborough, Northamptonshire. He commenced naval service as a Third Class Writer, H.M.S. Vivid I, on 2 July 1917. He was appointed Second Class Writer, H.M.S. Constance, on 1 July 1920, First Class Writer, H.M.S. Tamar, on 2 July 1923, and Petty Officer Writer, on 4 January 1924. He was further advanced to Chief Petty Officer Writer, H.M.S. Emerald, on 2 July 1927, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Vivid II, H.M.S. Lucia, and H.M.S. St. Angelo. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1932, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Drake II, on 1 July 1939. He remained in service as a recruiter in the Second World War, and was appointed Temporary Warrant Recruiter in June 1943, being confirmed as Warrant Recruiter on 4 April 1946. A note on his service records indicates that he may have still been a recruiter in the Manchester area in 1955.