Five: Senior Mate C. E. Robinson, Royal Navy and Coast Guard Permanent Cruiser Service

China 1900, no clasp (A.B., H.M.S. Undaunted); 1914-15 Star (2nd Mte., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Mte., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (188609 Ch. Qr. Mr., H.M.S. President), the first with (slack) refixed suspension and signs of being plugged at 6 o’clock, with consequent partial re-engraving of rate, about very fine, the remainder generally very fine (5) £140-160

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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Charles Edgar Robinson was born at Dungannon, Co. Tyrone in January 1879 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1896. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Undaunted off China in the Boxer Rebellion and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in February 1912, shortly before being appointed a 2nd Mate. During the Great War, he was one of just 28 Chief Officers, Senior Mates and 2nd Mates to serve in the Coast Guard Permanent Cruiser Service, so it is likely his 1914-15 Star trio inscribed as ‘2nd Mate’ is especially rare. Robinson was appointed a Senior Mate in October 1919, very probably the month of his retirement.