Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (7) (K,41508 E. Hewitt. Sto.1. R.N.; K.49931 W. Heyes. Sto.2. R.N.; 354664 E. Lemon. O.C.1. R.N.; 283163 F. Lanckham. Ch. Sto. R.N.; J.54467 A. J. Oram. Boy.1. R.N.; J.21623 A. E. Reece. R.N.; 341560 J. S. Wiltshire. Pbr. R.N.) contact marks, some verdigris, otherwise generally very fine (7) £60-£80

Arthur John Broom, an Agricultural Labourer from Dartford, Kent, was born on 18 September 1900. He attested for the Royal Navy as a Boy on 6 June 1916 and served during the Great War. He died whilst serving in H.M.S. Egmont on 25 July 1918 and is buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery, Malta.