Description Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (GVR) named to 164929 W. J. RICHARDSON. P.O. 1 CL. H.M.S. ORATAVA. William James Richardson was born 23rd February 1876 at Colsterworth, Lincolnshire and was a scholar when he signed for the Royal Navy for 12 years in 1894 serving on the Armed Merchant Cruiser from 1914 for the first years of the Great War until 1917.
