Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

1 December 2004

Lot No 126

Four: 2nd Mate J. J. Carson, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (208172 C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (208172 Act. Ch. Q.M., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (208172 P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Colleen), this last with minor official correction to surname, generally very fine and better (4) £60-80

1 December 2004

Lot No 127

Four: Warrant Mechanician H. Pullin, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Wt. Mech., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Mech., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (284746 Mech., H.M.S. Minotaur), generally good very fine (4) £80-100

1 December 2004

Lot No 128

Four: Petty Officer J. E. Martell, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (213312 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (213312 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (213312 Lg. Sea. (Over 3 Yrs.), H.M.S. Inconstant), contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine or better, the last most unusual (4) ...

1 December 2004

Lot No 129

Four: Chief Electrical Artificer Class 1 J. M. Dyer, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (344558 C.E.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (344558 C.E.A. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (344558 Ch. Elec. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Caesar), contact wear, very fine and better (4) £80-100

1 December 2004

Lot No 130

Family group: Four: Petty Officer R. H. Garland, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (200685 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (200685 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (200685 P.O., H.M.S. Vivid), contact marks and edge bruising, about very fine Three: Gunner F. A. Garland, Royal...

1 December 2004

Lot No 131

Four: Able Seaman F. Terrill, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (226272 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (226272 A.B., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (226272 A.B. H.M.S. Courageous), contact wear, particularly apparent on the two silver awards, thus good fine or better (4) ...

1 December 2004

Lot No 132

Four: Regulating Petty Officer W. G. H. D. Baskett, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 18459 Sh. Cpl. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 18459 Sh. Cpl. 1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 18459 R.P.O., H.M.S. Vivid), the middle two with minor official correction to...

1 December 2004

Lot No 133

Four: Supply Petty Officer J. B. Triggs, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 8606 S.S.A., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 8606 L.V.A., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 8606 Sy. P.O., H.M.S. Carlisle), contact marks and polished, good fine or better (4) £40-60

1 December 2004

Lot No 134

Four: Chief Yeoman of the Signals R. W. Bryant, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (194364 C.Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (194364 C.Y.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (194364 C.Y.S., H.M.S. Enchantress), very fine and better (4) £80-100

1 December 2004

Lot No 135

Four: Chief Petty Officer E. Prior, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (T. 1-235 A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (T. 1-235 A.B., R.N.V.R.); Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S., G.VI.R., 1st issue (TD/8 C.P.O., R.N.V.R.), the second with contact marks, edge bruising and polished, fine, the...

1 December 2004

Lot No 136

Five: Chief Petty Officer C. V. Gosney, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (216387 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (216387 P.O., R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze, sometime gilded, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (216387 P.O., H.M.S. Hercules), together with a fine...

1 December 2004

Lot No 137

Five: Officer’s Steward 1st Class J. Hennessey, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (L. 4291 O. Std. 2, R.N.), surname spelt ‘Hennessy’; British War and Victory Medals (L. 4291 O.S. 1, R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, privately inscribed ‘L. 4291 J. Hennessy, O.S. 1, R.N., Royal Tours 1919-22’; Royal...

1 December 2004

Lot No 138

Five: Petty Officer (Rigger) F. W. Sellick, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (204432 Smn. Rigger, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (204432 Smn. Rigger, R.N.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R., silver, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (A.B. (Rigger), H.M.S. Agincourt), the Great War period...

1 December 2004

Lot No 139

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class G. Francis, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (270764 C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (270764 C.E.R.A. 2, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (270764 C.E.R.A. 2 Cl., H.M.S. Duke of Edinburgh); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st...

1 December 2004

Lot No 140

Five: Able Seaman A. G. Roberts, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (210334 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (210334 L.S., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue (210334 (Dev. B. 1631) A.B., R.F.R.); French Croix de Guerre 1914-1918, the third officially re-impressed, generally good very fine (5) ...

1 December 2004

Lot No 141

Five: Petty Officer (Rigger) W. C. Reason, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (179901 Smn. Rigger, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (179901 P.O. Rigger, R.N.); Coronation 1911; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (179901 A.B. (Rigger), H.M.S. Agincourt), contact marks and polished, about very fine or better (5) ...

1 December 2004

Lot No 142

Five: Chief Petty Officer H. Groom, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (160828 Act. C.P.O., R.N.), erroneous initial ‘J.’; British War and Victory Medals (160828 C.P.O., R.N.); Coronation 1911; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (160828 P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.Y. Alexandra), this last with minor official correction, very fine...

1 December 2004

Lot No 143

Five: Leading Seaman F. Mears, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (B. 3770 Smn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (3770B. L.S., R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (3770B. Smn., R.N.R.); Rocket Apparatus Volunteer Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (1911-27), the reverse...

1 December 2004

Lot No 144

Five: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class E. F. MacLean, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15...

1 December 2004

Lot No 145

Five: Chief Stoker W. Friend, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (139677 Ch. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (139677 Ch. Sto., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Ch. Stoker, H.M.S. Tenedos); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed as issued, the fourth with contact marks and edge bruising, good...

1 December 2004

Lot No 146

Five: Petty Officer F. T. Walsh, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (205630 L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (205630 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (205630 P.O., H.M.S. Excellent); Naval Good Shooting Medal, G.V.R. (205630 A.B., H.M.S. Swiftsure, 1911, 7.5 In. B.L.), the fourth with one...

1 December 2004

Lot No 147

Five: Chief Stoker W. E. Chamberlain, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (310522 S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (310522 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (310522 S.P.O., H.M.M.L. 291), together with related Marine Society Merit Medal, silver, the reverse engraved,...

1 December 2004

Lot No 148

Six: Captain (E.) G. T. Sullivan, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt., R.N.); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935, the second with slightly slack suspension, generally very fine and better (6) £100-120

1 December 2004

Lot No 149

Six: Commander J. H. C. Minter, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, both privately inscribed, ‘Comdr. J. H. C. Minter, R.N.’; Jubilee 1935, this last privately inscribed ‘Lieut. Comdr. J. H. C. Minter, R.N.’, together with a set...

1 December 2004

Lot No 150

Seven: Shipwright Lieutenant-Commander T. H. Stonehouse, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (Carpr.,...

1 December 2004

Lot No 151

Six: Major T. Scott, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Surgeon, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1914-15 Star (Surg. Prob., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (Surg. S. Lt., R.N.V.R.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45, good very fine (3) £100-150

1 December 2004

Lot No 152

Seven: Lieutenant (S.P.) M. G. Blackmore, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (Cadet Forces), late Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (SB. 64 Sig. Boy, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (19936 D.A. D.H., R.N.R.); Defence and War Medals; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (Maurice George Blackmore); Cadet Forces...

1 December 2004

Lot No 153

Eight: Chief Stoker J. T. Fisher, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (K. 22833 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K. 22833 Sto. 1, R.N.); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1920 (K. 22833 Lg. Sto., H.M.S. Ark Royal); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, privately inscribed, ‘Ch. Sto....

1 December 2004

Lot No 154

Eight: Able Seaman W. J. Chewter, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (J. 17201 A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 17201 A.B., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust, with Bar (JX. 142552 A.B.,...

1 December 2004

Lot No 155

Eight: Warrant Officer A. F. Fowles, Royal Air Force, late Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (M. 9385 Ar. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 9385 Ar. Mte., R.N.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (W./O., R.A.F.); Defence and War Medals; Royal Air Force L.S. & G.C., G.V.R.,...

1 December 2004

Lot No 156

Three: Lieutenant-Commander W. H. Starling, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Cr’s. Mte., H.M.S. Excellent), impressed naming; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (3) £200-250

1 December 2004

Lot No 157

Three: Lieutenant-Commander C. W. Chipp, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Commr., R.N.); Coronation 1902, silver; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Capt. Fore. Castle, H.M.S. Excellent), impressed naming, this last with (slack) refixed suspension and damage to obverse fields as a result...

1 December 2004

Lot No 158

Pair: Lieutenant-Commander G. Tubbs, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (D.C.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Ch. Boatman, H.M. Coast Guard), impressed naming, good very fine (2) £80-100

1 December 2004

Lot No 159

Pair: Chief Petty Officer (C.G.) J. Tinson, H.M. Coast Guard, late Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (140350 C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (140350 P.O. (C.G.), H.M. Coast Guard), very fine and better (2) £60-80

1 December 2004

Lot No 160

Pair: Chief Petty Officer A. Badcock, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (146465 C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S., G.V.R. (146465 (Dev. B. 3548) C.P.O., R.F.R.), the first with officially re-impressed naming, good very fine or better (2) £30-50

1 December 2004

Lot No 161

Three: Senior Reserve Assistant J. Greenwood, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9890 S.R.A., R.N.); Royal Naval Sick Berth Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 1st issue, with Bar (1137 S.R.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); St. John Service Medal, with three Bars (3381 Amb. Offr., Earby Div. No. 5 Dist.,...

1 December 2004

Lot No 162

Pair: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer J. R. Rutter, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve, late Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9526 R. Wdmr., R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (1973 S.B.C.P.O., R.N.A.S.B.R.), good very fine (2) £60-80

1 December 2004

Lot No 163

Pair: Reserve Wardmaster H. Hamill, Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 9731 H. Hamill, R. Wdmr., R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve Long Service, G.V.R., 1st issue (779 Res. Wdmstr., R.N.A.S.B.R.), this last with one or two minor official corrections, generally...

1 December 2004

Lot No 164

Four: Leading Sick Berth Attendant T. W. N. Truckle, Royal Navy and Mercantile Marine British War Medal 1914-20 (M. 20204 S.B.A., R.N.); Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (Thomas W. N. Truckle); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M. 20204 S.B.A., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage bust (20204...

1 December 2004

Lot No 165

Three: Private A. J. Smith, Hampshire Regiment, late dockyard worker on “Service with the Royal Navy” British War Medal 1914-20 (A. J. Smith, Service With The Royal Navy); British War and Victory Medals (22734 Pte. A. J. Smith, Hamps. R.), good very fine or better and a most unusual “double entitlement”...