I have two WW!. medals,the Victory Medal and the the British War Medal that were awarded to my 2 x gt.grandmothers brother Samuel James Bartram. Each medal is inscribed around the rim with R4825. S J BARTRAM. AB.RNVR. which i take to mean able seaman Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. So i would assume that to be a reserve in the Royal Navy he would have had to have previous experience in the Royal Navy. He was born December 29 1875 and in the 1901 census is an agricultural labourer in Tivetshall,so he did not seem to have too much time to fit in a naval career before the war started. I am hoping that someone on the list is able to tell me more about his military history in the war as he must have served somewhere to be awarded these medals, and how he came to be a naval volunteer. Richard. Richard Myhill richardmyhill43@btinternet.com