Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Petty Officer G. R. Jones, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (Qd. Sign., H.M.S. Phœbe); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Dwarf); 1914-15 Star (163812 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (163812 P.O., R.N.), first two with slight contact marks, very fine and better (5) £320-350

George Rudge Jones was born in Christchurch, Gloucester on 7 August 1876. A labourer by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy in 1894. He served aboard thecruiser Phœbe from November 1895 to March 1899, initially as a Signalman and from August 1898 as an Able Seaman, during which time he was awarded the East & West Africa Medal. He served aboard the Dwarf from May 1902 to September 1904 and was awarded the Queen’s South Africa Medal. Jones was transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve in 1905. He re-enrolled for the Royal Navy in 1910 and served during the Great War mostly at Malta and Port Said. He was demobilized in 1919. Sold with copied service paper.