Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Stoker First Class W. L. J. Owen, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (230813, W. L. J. Owen, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (230813 W. L. J. Owen. Sto. 1 R.N.) contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine

Three: Leading Seaman R. L. Walker, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (J.7247, R. L. Walker, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.7247 P. L. Walker. L.S. R.N.) very fine (6) £70-£90

William Leo John Owen was born at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, on 11 April 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Caledonia on 15 May 1904. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Berwick, on 11 April 1906, and Stoker First Class, H.M.S. Assistance on 1 April 1908. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Minotaur, H.M.S. Cardiff and H.M.S. Victory II. In January 1921 he was posted to serve in the Porton Down Experimental Station. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Rowena in May 1928, and subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. He died in 1938.

Richard Leslie Walker was born at Stourbridge, Worcestershire, on 8 August 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 8 February 1910. He was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Good Hope, on 8 August 1911, and to Able Seaman on 23 November 1912. He was appointed to H.M.S. Hindustan, on 13 September 1913, and was advanced to Leading Seaman on 1 October 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Excellent from April to October 1916, when he was posted to H.M.S. Vivid II (for service in H.M.S. Nemesis). He was invalided from H.M.S. Victory I on 16 January 1920.