A military M.B.E. group of five awarded to Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander C. T. W. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver; British War and Victory Medals (B.Z.3893 C. T. W. Smith, A.B., R.N.V.R.); Defence Medal, unnamed; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R., with Second Award Bar (Ty. Act. Lt. Cdr.(SP) C. T. Smith, R.N.V.R.) note slight variation in initials, contact marks, nearly very fine and better (5) £240-280

During the Great War Charles Thomas W. Smith served as an Able Seaman in the R.N.V.R. He was appointed a Sub-Lieutenant (Sp) in the R.N.V.R. on 12 June 1943; Temporary Lieutenant (Sp), R.N.V.R., March 1945; Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander (Sp), R.N.V.R., March 1945 and Lieutenant-Commander (SCC), R.N.R. in March 1953. For his long service with the cadet forces he was awarded the M.B.E. in the New Years Honours List of 1964. With copied service notes.