Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Able Seaman W. J. Chewter, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J. 17201 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 17201 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust, with Bar (JX. 142552 A.B., H.M.S. Blanche), the second with slack suspension and, in common with the other earlier awards, with contact marks, edge bruising and polished, fine or better, the 1939-45 War issues generally good very fine (8) £160-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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William John Chewter was born at Rotherfield, Uckfield, Sussex in July 1898 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1912. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1936, he received a Bar to it in March 1955, when aged 59 years, dates of issue that would suggest he left regular service for a year or two in the early to mid 1920s.