Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Lieutenant-Commander A. R. Limbrick, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (Lg. Sea., H.M.S. Temeraire); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut., R.N.); Khedive’s Star 1882, the first with contact marks and edge bruising and the last with a bruised arm point, otherwise generally very fine (3) £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Alfred Robert Limbrick was born at Poplar, Middlesex in December 1857 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in April 1873. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Temeraire in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria, and attained the rate of Petty Officer 1st Class in June 1885. More significantly, he was appointed a Gunner, R.N. in June 1887, which advancement led to him being commissioned as a Lieutenant in August 1911, the year before his retirement. Limbrick was recalled in August 1914 and served throughout the War at shore establishments in the U.K., once again being placed on the Retired List in August 1919, this time in the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. He died in February 1939, aged 82 years.