Four: Chief Petty Officer L. R. Lilley, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (172579, L. R. Lilley, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (172579 L. R. Lilley. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (172579 L. R. Lilley, P.O., H.M.S. Formidable.) nearly extremely fine (4) £120-£160

Louis Robert Lilley was born, at Brabourne, Kent, on 25 November 1876 and commenced his naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 22 March 1893. Advanced Petty Officer, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1909. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 20 November 1916 and was shore demobilised in the rate of Chief Petty Officer on 13 March 1919. He subsequently joined the New Coast Guard Force on 8 May 1919, and his medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M. Coast Guard Station Rosyth.