Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class W. H. Hollingworth, Royal Navy

British War and Victory Medals (43175 W. H. Hollingworth. Sto.1. R.N.); Defence Medal, very fine (3) £60-£80

William Henry Hollingworth was born in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, on 7 March 1899 and volunteered for the Royal Navy for the Duration of Hostilities as a Stoker Second Class on 8 June 1917. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Kangaroo from 6 October 1917, and was advanced Stoker First Class on 7 March 1918. He was demobilised on 27 February 1919, and later enrolled in the Wandsworth Division of the Civil Defence Corps on 25 November 1949.

Sold with original Parchment Certificate of Service and Civil Defence Corps Certificate of Enrolment.