A Great War era 'Royal Yacht Squadron' Merchant Navy campaign medal group of 4: Greaser, Ernest King, Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary, late H.M.S Atalanta, Royal Yacht Squadron, Auxiliary Patrol, Royal Navy

- 1914-15 Star (E. King. Gsr., M.F.A.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (E. King. Gsr. M.F.A.)
- Mercantile Marine War Medal (Ernest A. King)
- Interallied Victory Medal (E. King. Gsr. M.F.A.)

Note: The Mercantile Marine War Medal only with officially re-impressed naming, and all named as issued

All medals verified as entitled / issued per below medal rolls & medal index cards:

- 1914-15 Star trio: ADM 171/131) (H.M.S. Atalanta)
- Mercantile Marine War Medal: Ref BT 351/1/77007

HMS Atalanta (originally called the Lorena) was a 1398-ton steam yacht built in 1903 which was taken into service in June 1915, and from November 1915 served with the Auxiliary Patrol based at Gibraltar where she had the opportunity to attack enemy submarines on three separate occasions. HMS Atalanta (1915) armed yacht with 2 x 3 inch guns and flying pennant 02., was in naval service from 5 June 1915 to 21 February 1919.

Ernest Albert King, son of Frederick King (agricultural labourer) & Eliza King (nee Vanghan) was a native of Dibden, Hampshire, England, where he was born on 24 April 1888. At birth, Ernest was the youngest of a large family, comprising in 1888, 7 x elder siblings, vis 3 x brothers Willie, Harry & Frederick George, & 4 x sisters Janes, Annie Louisa, Edith & Harriet. The 1911 National Census for England & Wales, records Ernest (23) living at the family home in Dibden, Hampshire, together with his parents and sibling sister Alice Maud King (20), at which time he was described as employed as a 'Gardener'. After service with the Mercantile Fleet Auxiliary in the period circa 1915-1917, Ernest transferred to the Merchant Navy (Mercantile Marine) in which he sailed on numerous voyages in the inter-war years period. The 1939 National Register for England & Wales record him living with his 90 year old mother Eliza King, at, 'Nymphe', Oak Road, Dibden, Hampshire, England, at which time he is described as employed as a 'General Labourer' at a brickworks. Ernest Albert King is recorded as having died at, New Forest, Hampshire, England, sometime during the third quarter of 1963

The Mercantile Marine War Medal sometime silvered

Condition: About VF

Code: 20963