Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Senior Reserve Attendant R. Grindle, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, late King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (8824 Pte. R. Grindle. K.R.R.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (M.9810. R. Grindle, Jun. R.A. R.N.A.S.B.R.); British War and Victory Medals (M.9810 R. Grindle. S.R.A. R.N.) mounted as worn, good very fine (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Richard Grindle was born in Dublin on 28 January 1876 and originally attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps, serving with them in South Africa during the Boer War. He enlisted in the Royal Navy for the duration of hostilities on 2 August 1914, and served as a Junior Reserve Attendant in the Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve on the Hospital Ship Garth Castle for the during of the War - a former passenger liner operated by the Union-Castle Line, the Garth Castle could accommodate 250 casualties. He was promoted Senior Reserve Attendant on 1 September 1915 and was shore discharged on 21 June 1919.