Medal discovered amongst family property

[MaryA]

Hi, don't know if we have enough information here for anybody to make any suggestions about help.

A Royal Navy medal has been found amongst some items belonging to a relative. On the back it says

K.25221
J.GATES
STO.2.R.N

Does anybody have any suggestions as to what this might all mean. Meantime I'll be trying to look into whether a J. Gates fits into the family anywhere.

[Katie]

Jonathan Gates Born Liverpool 25th February 1896

Birth Registration

Jun qtr 1896

Jonathan Gates Liverpool 8b 53


His Service Records are available to download Mary

http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.u ... i=D6983598

[daggers]

Gates' rank was probably Stoker, second class, Royal Navy. The letter K before his number will mean something, but not to me!
D

[Bertieone]

K for Stokers,

http://www.godfreydykes.info/ROYAL%20NA ... NGS%5D.htm

[MaryA]

Well thank you so much everybody, I wouldn't have known how to search for that, but knew I'd find help here

Now to investigate how Jonathan fits into this family, it certainly helps to have a christian name to work with.