Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A ‘Military Division’ M.B.E. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant Commander E. S. P. Harrison, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver and silver-gilt, reverse officially dated ‘1944’; Cadet Forces Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Lt. Cdr. (S.C.G.). E.S.P. Harrison. R.N.R.) mounted for display, light contact marks overall, very fine (7) £280-£320

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1960.

Edward Stuart Pierce Harrison was born in Brentford in 1908, and commissioned Sub Lieutenant in the Sussex Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in June 1929. He advanced to Lieutenant in June 1933, and qualified in Signals and Minesweeping. Subsequent postings during the Second War included at H.M.S. Greenwich (destroyer depot ship); H.M.S. President (Signal Department) and H.M.S. Mercury (Signals Establishment).

Harrison advanced to Lieutenant Commander in June 1941, and after the war he commanded the Newhaven and Seaford Contingent of the Sea Cadet Corps. Harrison retired in 1969, and died at Lewes.