Four: Chaplain G. W. Page, Royal Navy, later Honorary Chaplain to H.M. King George VI

British War and Victory Medals (Chapn. G. W. Page. R.N.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, nearly very fine (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to Chaplains formed by Philip Mussell.

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Gerald Webster Page was ordained Deacon in 1914 and Priest in 1915, and was commissioned Chaplain in the Royal Navy on 26 June 1917. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Yarmouth from that date, and then on the commissioned merchant vessel Princess Margaret from 16 April 1918. He subsequently served as Chaplain in H.M.S. King George V from 26 October 1920 and then at the Royal Marines Depot at Deal from 15 May 1923. Appointed to H.M.S. Caledon he was Chaplain to the 2nd Cruiser Squadron from 21 July 1925, he subsequently served as Commissioner of the Windward islands from 1934-36. Appointed to H.M.S. Excellent on 4 October 1938, he served during the Second World War in that capacity, and at the Royal Naval Barracks, H.M.S. Deadalus, from 8 September 1941. Appointed Honorary Chaplain to H.M. the King in 1942, he retired from the Royal Navy in July 1946, and was appointed Rector of Droxford that same year.