Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (2) (Joseph Henry Amos; William George Harper) good very fine (2) £80-£100

Joseph Henry Amos, a native of Bethnal Green. London, served during the Great War as a Telegraphist with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He was serving aboard H.M. Trawler Pitsruan when she hit a mine in the North Sea, 3 miles off Noss Head, with the loss of 11 lives. Amos was amongst those killed, and he is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.

William George Harper served during the Great War as a Junior Reserve Attendant in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, and died at the shore base H.M.S. Victory on September 1918. He is buried in Brighton (the Downs) Cemetery, Sussex.