A WW1 & WW2 Royal Navy L.S.&.G.C. Medal Group to K.165539 Chief Mechanician 2 J. A. Richardson, who was present at the battle of Jutland in the cruiser H.M.S. Royalist

John Arthur Richardson was born at Wood Green, London on 8 May 1894 and entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in October 1912.

A brief period aboard the battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought in late 1914 aside, he otherwise served throughout the Great War in the cruiser Royalist, latterly as a Stoker Petty Officer. At Jutland, Royalist came under heavy fire when she carried out a torpedo attack against enemy battleships at 8,000 yards range, but her efforts were in vain.

Having then exchanged his trade, Richardson was pensioned ashore as a Chief Mechanician 2 in November 1934. Briefly recalled for the Coronation Review in 1937, and again on the renewal of hostilities in September 1939, he joined the cruiser Dunedin and remained likewise employed until November 1940. In that period, she intercepted the German merchantmen Heidelberg and Hannover, the former being scuttled, and the latter transferred to the Royal Navy to become the escort carrier Audacity.

In April 1941, Richardson was appointed to the 'stone frigate' Baldur, namely the naval H.Q. at Hvitanes in Hvalfjord, Iceland, an important base for North Atlantic convoys. He was still employed there as late as the summer of 1942 and was finally released 'Class A' in August 1945.

 The medals are mounted for wear, sold with copied research, original WW2 Admiralty medal slip confirmation, and are as follows -

 1914-15 Star, K. 16539 J. A. RICHARDSON, STO. 1, R.N.; British War and Victory Medals, K. 16539 J. A. RICHARDSON, S.P.O., R.N.; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, K. 16539 J. A. RICHARDSON, MECH., H.M.S. Curacoa.

 Condition, the Great War awards with contact marks and polished, good fine, the remainder extremely fine