Medals to Royal Naval Sick Berth Personnel from the collection of John Hailey

Five: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer W. H. England, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (351574 S.B.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (351574 S.B.S., R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (351574 S.B.S., H.M.S. Sphinx); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (351574 S.B.S., H.M.S. Pembroke) some edge bruising, very fine (5) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to Royal Naval Sick Berth Personnel from the collection of John Hailey.

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William Henry England was born in Dulwich, London on 25 August 1887. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant on 16 October 1905, served as a Sick Berth Steward throughout the war and attained the rank of Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer in 1925. He was discharged with a pension in 1927. Sold with copied service papers.