Rank:
Petty Officer Mechanic
Birth date:
11.11.1886
Birth Place:
Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Service Number:
F6203
Date Joined:
03.07.1915
Date Discharged:
31.03.1918
Display No. 9L
WILLIAMSON, George
George Williamson joined the Royal Navy as a Hostilities Only rating in July 1915. During the First World War he served in the Royal Naval Air Service as a mechanic.
The British War Medal
Awarded medal(s)
Medal Description:
The British War Medal
The British War Medal was instituted in 1919 to recognise the successful conclusion of the First World War (1914-1918). Its coverage was later extended to recognise service until 1920, recognising mine clearing operations at sea, and participation in operations in North and South Russia, the eastern Baltic, Siberia, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.