Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Leading Signaller C. H. Soper, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who, in addition to his D.S.M., was Mentioned in Despatches for services with the Dover Patrol

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 9709. C. H. Soper, Ldg. Sig. “Mansfield” Services During War); 1914-15 Star (J. 9709. C. H. Soper, Sig. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 9709 C. H. Soper. L. Sig., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve, G.V.R., 1st issue (J. 9709 (CH. B. 12428) C. H. Soper, L. Sig. R.F.R.), minor edge knocks to first and last, contact marks, very fine (5) £800-£1,200

D.S.M. London Gazette 24 June 1919

M.I.D. London Gazette 20 February 1919:
‘Honours for services in Destroyers of the Dover Patrol between 1 July and 11 November 1918’

Charles Henry Soper was born on 29 December 1894 in Peckham, London, entering naval service on 15 September 1910 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. He was serving as an Ordinary Signaller in H.M.S. Sapphire on the outbreak of war and was rated Signaller from October 1914 and Leading Signaller from March 1916. Drafted to Mansfield, he served in her between November 1917 and his discharge in 1920.