Five: Chief Petty Officer A. Newbery, Royal Navy

South Africa 1877-79, no clasp (A. Newbury, Boy 1 Cl., H.M.S. Boadicea); 1914-15 Star (97886 A. Newbery, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (97886 A. Newbury, C.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R. (A. Newbery, Gr’s Mte., H.M.S. Excellent), note variations in surname spelling, the first and last with contact marks, otherwise very fine or better and a rare combination of awards (5) £350-400

Alfred Newbery was born at Gosport in September 1861 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1876. Present in H.M.S. Boadicea operations off South Africa during 1879 (Medal), he was appointed Gunner’s Mate in April 1887 and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in October 1889. Pensioned ashore as a Chief Petty Officer in May 1904, he enrolled in the Royal Fleet Reserve and was duly recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914. He subsequently appears to have served as a C.P.O. Instructor for much of the war and was demobilised from H.M.S. Mars in September 1919; sold with copied service record.