A scarce WWI (Q Ship) casualty pair awarded to J21319 ordinary seaman DJ Jones of The Royal Navy

A scarce WWI (Q Ship) casualty pair awarded to J21319 ordinary seaman DJ Jones of The Royal Navy comprising 1914/15 star and 1914-18 Great War medal. Ordinary seaman Jones served on board HMS Warner (Q 27) and was killed in action on the 13th March 1917, when it was sunk by U 38 off the West coast of Ireland, he was commemorated on the Royal Naval memorial at Plymouth, grave memorial reference 21, complete with original packets of issue. Q Ships also known a Q Boats were decoy vessels which were heavily armed merchant ships with concealed weaponry, the idea was to lure submarines into making surface attacks where the Q Ships would then open fire on them and sink the U Boat. This lot is accompanied by a quantity of research regarding this medal group. Also in this lot a WWI medal group awarded to 25811 Private L Morgan of the Welsh Regiment comprising 1914-18 war medal and War for Civilisation medal, also a George VI general service medal with bar for Palestine 1945-48 awarded to 14331583 Lance Corporal LDJ Morgan of the Royal Signals in original box of issue, a box of WWII medals comprising 1939 Star, France and Germany Star, 1939-45 medal and Defence medal all in original packets of issue. Also in this lot a quantity of cap badges comprising Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders (2), another cap badge for the Royal Highlanders, a quantity of buttons and further cap badges including Royal Marines etc, a cased Normandy medal, a George V silver services rendered badge, two cased Cheshire Regiment centenary medals awarded in 1989 (reputably only 1000 of these medals were produced and handed out at Chester Race Course). Also a quantity of cigarette cards relating to butterflies, shipping, coin machines, a brass framed brooch containing colour photographs of two gentlemen in Victorian garb and a pair of brass nut crackers. (illustrated)