Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Engine Room Artificer First Class G. O. Shire, Royal Navy, who served in the West Africa station during the Great War, before later service in H.M.S. Attentive when she screened the famed raid on Zeebrugge on 25 April 1918

1914-15 Star (269255. G. O. Shire. E.R.A.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269255. G. O. Shire E.R.A.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269255. G. O. Shire. E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Challenger:) contact marks, very fine (4) £80-£120

George Oliver Shire, an engine smith from East Chinnick, Somerset, was born on 23 October 1873. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 16 February 1898, his Great War service including service in H.M.S. Cumberland in the Cameroons, when she captured 10 German merchant ships on 27 September 1914. He later served in H.M.S. Astraea in West Africa, before serving in H.M.S. Attentive when she screened the famed Zeebrugge raid on 25 April 1918. Appointed Engine Room Artificer First Class on 14 February 1910, his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was awarded in February 1915. He was discharged to pension on 24 March 1920.