A mounted WW1, WW2 & Royal Navy Long Service medal group to Petty Officer William George Nunn.
Contains:
•WW1 1914-15 Star
•WW1 War Medal
•WW1 Victory Medal
•George V Royal Navy Long Service & Good Conduct Medal
•WW2 1939-45 Star
•WW2 Atlantic Star
•WW2 Defence Medal
•WW2 War Medal
Medal ribbons are original with the exception of the WW2 War Medal which has a later replacement ribbon.
Mounted on a thick, ribbon themed piece of card.
Supplied with a small amount of research material including lists of his postings in both WW1 and WW2
Petty Officer William George Nunn (233726)
Born 28th Nov 1888 in North Walsham, Norfolk. He was a farm labourer before enlisting in the Royal Navy in 1906.
His WW1 service included serving on HMS Venus, at HMS Victory and the dreanought class Battleship HMS St Vincent. He was awarded his Long Service Medal in 1924, with it marked to HMS Ganges.
He looks to have re-enlisted in WW2 (1939), serving mainly at shore bases but including HMS Goshawk / Benbow in Trinidad.
He was discharged from the Navy in Jan 1941
