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Auction: 21102 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction 3
Lot: 364

(x) Nine: Chief Yeoman of Signals W. A. Caton, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J. 24573, W. A. Caton, Sig., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 24573 W. A. Caton. L. Sig. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., GVR, 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 24573 W. A. Caton. C.Y.S. H.M.S. Keith.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (J.24573 W. A. Cayton. C.Y.S. R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, first four mounted as worn, polished, the remainder very fine (9)


William Arthur Caton was born on 17 April 1897 in Bromley, Kent. He joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 1 May 1913. He joined King Edward VII in June 1914 and served on her until she was sunk in January 1916 after coming into contact with a German-laid sea mine. He was appointed Chief Yeoman of Signals on 15 March 1935, was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in March 1936. Cayton was recalled on 25 August 1939 and as a Chief Yeoman of Signals served on fleet repair ship H.M.S. Resource. Having been invalided on 20 August 1943, he died in 1970 at Dartford, Kent; sold together with copied research.

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£250

Starting price
£130