Four: Warrant Skipper L. Cundy, Royal Naval Reserve, who died from injuries sustained in October 1917

1914-15 Star (W.S.A. 1284 L. Cundy, Skr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.S.A. 1284 L. Cundy, Skr., R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (W.S.A. 1284 L. Cundy, Wt. Skipr., R.N.R.), this last with minor official correction to number, good very fine (4) £80-100

Louis Cundy, who was born at Polruan in Cornwall in August 1869, served as a Skipper (later Warrant Skipper) in trawlers of the Auxiliary Patrol during the Great War, onetime, it would seem, in H.M. Trawler Offa II - she assisted in the salvaging of the Poona in December 1916, which might well tie-up with a letter sent by Lord Astor on behalf of his widow after the War, in which he claims prize money on her behalf (his service record refers).

Cundy, who had been awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in June 1917, died of injuries sustained on 8 October 1917, while serving in another trawler, the Balfour. He was 47 years of age and left a widow, Susan, of Prince Rock, Plymouth, and was buried in Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery; sold with copied service record.