Four: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class L. C. Burgess, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.13066 Act. E.R.A.4, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.13066 Act. E.R.A.4, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (M.13066 E.R.A.1, H.M.S. Rodney) contact marks, fine and better (4) £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Ron Tuppen Collection of Naval Medals to Engine Room Officers.

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Lewis Charles Burgess was born in Bath, Somerset on 14 September 1890. A Fitter & Turner by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 5th Class on 20 April 1914 and was confirmed in that rank in October 1918. Served on the armoured cruiser Endymion, June 1915-March 1918. Awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. as an E.R.A. 1st Class on the battleship Rodney.

With copied service paper.