Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Engineer Commander W. H. Rosevere, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (Ast. Engr. W. H. Rosevere. R.N., H.M.S. Niobe); 1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cr. W. H. Rosevere. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Cmmr. W. H. Rosevere. R.N.) mounted on card for display, the first with heavy edge bruising overall, otherwise generally very fine (4) £260-£300

William Henry Rosevere was born at Devonport on 17 May 1877. He joined the Royal Navy in May 1897 and earned his Q.S.A. as Assistant Engineer aboard H.M.S. Niobe. He resigned his commission on 7 March 1903, but this was restored on 11 August 1914, when he was placed on the Emergency List. He served in H.M.S. Galatea 1914-15, and Egmont for Malta Dockyard 1916-19. Promoted to Engineer Commander in 1918, he reverted to the Emergency List on 18 October 1919. He served during the Second War in Hannibal and President additional for service inside the Admiralty. He was killed in a road accident on 23 March 1945.

Sold with copied record of service together with that of his younger brother, Allan George Rosevere, who also served as an Engineer in the Royal Navy.