Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Seaplane Station, Port Said’ O.B.E. group of three awarded to Surgeon Lieutenant L. S. Goss, Royal Navy, late 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles)

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type breast badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (519 Cpl L. S. Goss. 1/28 Lond: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Surg. Lt. L. S. Goss. R.N.) court mounted as worn but now lacking the Victory Medal, generally very fine (3) £240-£280

O.B.E. London Gazette 22 August 1919:
‘For valuable services in H.M. Ships during the War and at the R.N. Seaplane Station, Port Said.’

Leslie Stewart Goss attested for the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles), and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 October 1914. He was commissioned as a Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 20 November 1915, and for his services at the R.N. Seaplane Station, Port Said, was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.