PETTY OFFICER W.E. WATSON, ROYAL NAVY. Five: 1914-15 Star (officially impressed: J. 9155,

PETTY OFFICER W.E. WATSON, ROYAL NAVY. Five: 1914-15 Star (officially impressed: J. 9155, W.E. WATSON. A.B. R.N.) British War and Victory Medals (officially impressed: J. 9155. W.E. WATSON. A.B. R.N.) 1939-45 Defence Medal Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, George V (officially impressed: J. 9155 W.E. WATSON P.O. H.M.S. VERNON). Mounted loose style, as worn, generally Very Fine to Good Very Fine (Defence Medal Extremely Fine).

Group accompanied by 3 pages of copied service papers.

William Ernest Watson was born 28/8/1894 at Portsea, Hampshire. He enlisted into the Royal Navy on 28/8/1912 with the rank of Boy 2nd Class. He served on a wide variety of ships, including HMS Empress of India, 26/7/1915 to 30/4/1918, and HMS Vernon, 7/5/1918 to 5/10/1918 and was eventually discharged to shore in October 1927. Prior to discharge, Watson also saw service in Australia during the mid-1920s at HMS Cerberus, the Naval Depot at Williamstown, Victoria, and at the Brisbane and Melbourne Naval Depots.