Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Leading Seaman S. W. Chubb, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (J.29225 S. W. Chubb, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.29225 S. W. Chubb. A.B. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (29225 (Dev. B.13907) S. W. Chubb L.S. R.F.R.) minor contact marks, generally very fine (4) £100-£140

Sydney Walter Chubb was born in Chard, Somerset, on 24 January 1898. A lace hand, he joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 15 January 1914, witnessing extensive service aboard the cruiser Endymion from 27 June 1915 to 9 March 1918. Serving aboard her during the Gallipoli campaign, Chubb was raised Ordinary Seaman on 24 July 1915, and Able Seaman on 12 May 1916. Transferred to Defiance and the newly commissioned aircraft carrier Argus on 2 September 1918, Chubb served with the Royal Navy until January 1928, whereupon he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve at Devonport. His Service Record adds: ‘7.1.28 Awarded hurt Cert., steel imbedded in left arm.’