Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Able Seaman W. J. Buttling, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (195109, W. J. Buttling, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (195109 W. J. Buttling. A.B. R.N.) good very fine

Three: Able Seaman W. S. Ford, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.13119, W. S. Ford, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.13119 W. S. Ford. A.B. R.N.) scratches to reverse of Star and light contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £80-£100

William Joseph Buttling was born at Mile End, London, on 30 August 1881 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 30 August 1897. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Diadem on 30 August 1899, and Able Seaman, H.M.S. Argonaut on 17 January 1902. He was discharged to shore in 1905, but enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1906, and re-enrolled on 10 July 1911. He was recalled for service in H.M.S. Sutlej, on 2 August 1914. During the Great War he also served in H.M.S. Pembroke I, H.M.S. Actaeon (for service in Torpedo Boats) and H.M.S. Wellington. He was invalided out of the service on 21 June 1916, on account of disease of the eyes.

Walter Sydney Ford was born at Woolwich, Kent, on 21 October 1895 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 24 July 1911. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Antrim, on 21 October 1913, and to Able Seaman, on 5 October 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Actaeon, H.M.S. Vernon (for service in Torpedo Boat No. 6), and H.M.S. Pembroke I. He was discharged from H.M.S. Pembroke II (Stork) on expiration of his period of service on 20 October 1925.