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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 130

Five: Private W.J.S. Roberts, Norfolk Home Guard, Late Able Seaman, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (218075. W.J. Roberts A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (218075. W.J.S. Roberts. A.B. R.N.); Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Walter John Samuel Roberts.), nearly extremely fine, with three named card boxes of issue, the one for the Defence Medal addressed to 'Mr. Walter J.S. Roberts, 21, Barkers Street, Norwich, Norfolk', and Army Council enclosure for the Defence Medal

Four: Major F. Bullen, Norfolk Home Guard, Late Norfolk Regiment
1914-15 Star (2566 Pte. F. Bullen. Norf. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. Bullen.); Defence Medal, edge bruise to BWM, otherwise very fine

One: Private C.R. Evans, Norfolk Home Guard
Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate

One: Second Lieutenant F.W. Roshier, Norfolk Home Guard
Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate

One: Captain J. Sexton, Norfolk Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate (12)

I.S.M. London Gazette 9.2.1945 Roberts, Walter John Samuel, Skilled Workman Class I, Norwich Telephone Area.

Private Walter John Samuel Roberts, born Thorpe Hamlet, Norfolk, March 1884; enlisted in the Royal Navy, 8.11.1901; promoted Able Seaman, 6.10.1904; served during the Great War in H.M.S. Royal Oak from 30.4.1916; present at the Battle of Jutland, 31.5.1916; demobilised, 4.6.1921; subsequently served in the Norfolk Home Guard.

Major Frank Bullen, born July 1895; enlisted in the Norfolk Regiment, 4.9.1914; served during the Great War with the 5th 'Vanished' Battalion in the Balkan Theatre of War from 6.8.1915; reported 'Missing', 28.8.1915, reported 'Wounded not Missing', 30.8.1915; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Suffolk Regiment, 7.7.1916, and served with the Suffolk Regiment and Machine Gun Corps; promoted Major, 1.2.1941, and served with the 7th (King's Lynn and Sandringham) Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard.

Private Cecil Ronald Evans served with the Norfolk Home Guard, 1.7.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Second Lieutenant Frederick William Roshier, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1.2.1941, and served with the 10th (Norwich City) Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard, 18.6.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Captain John Sexton served with the 9th (Wymondham) Battalion, Norfolk Home Guard, 24.6.1940 - 31.12.1944; appointed Medical Officer, 19.1.1942.

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