Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Chief Engineer Charles L. Penney, Royal Naval Reserve and P. & O. Steamship Line
British and Mercantil Marine War Medals (Charles L. Penney); The Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., Silver, unnamed as issued; Delhi Durbar 1911; Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., the reverse hallmarked 1911, very fine or better and a scarce group (5) £200-250

R.V.M. London Gazette 4 February 1912: ‘Charles Lionel Penney, 3rd Engineer, H.M.S. Medina: His Majesty’s Visit to India for the Durbar.’

R.N.R. Decoration London Gazette 1 November 1912.

Charles L. Penney served as an Engineering Officer with the Peninsula and Oriental Steamship Line for 33 years. He became Chief Engineer on 8 November 1919, and finally retired on pension on 1 January 1930.