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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.

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

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

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

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.