Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (107207 R. Lawry, P.O. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Dreel Castle) suspension claw possibly re-riveted, good very fine £60-80

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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Richard Lawry was born at Budock, Cornwall in August 1863 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in December 1878. He subsequently witnessed action in the Suakin operations of 1884 and 1885, being landed for service in the Naval Brigade from H.M.S. Carysfort, but transferred to H.M. Coast Guard in September 1891 and was pensioned ashore in August 1902. Lawry was recalled in August 1914 and, after service at assorted shore establishments, joined the drifter H.M.S. Dreel Castle, in which vessel he was still serving at the time of his demobilisation in August 1919. As verified by accompanying research, these latter services qualified him for a single British War Medal 1914-20.