Four: Chief Petty Officer G. W. Lewis, Royal Navy, whose name was brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services

1914-15 Star (139239 G. W. Lewis, C.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (139239 G. W. Lewis. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R (G. W. Lewis, C.P.O., H.M.S. Katoomba) good very fine (4) £120-£160

George William Lewis was born on 8 June 1871 at Shottisham, Suffolk. He commenced naval service as Boy 2nd Class, H.M.S. Penelope, on 7 October 1886. He was advanced to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Fearless on 8 February 1896, and to Petty Officer 1st Class in February 1897. Promoted Chief Petty Officer in 1902, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in 1904. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Actaeon in 1911, but joined the Royal Fleet Reserve and saw service during the Great War, being demobilised on 1 May 1919.

Lewis’s name was brought to the notice of the Admiralty for valuable services in the Prosecution of the war, such notice being published in the London Gazette of 30 June 1919; however, the Admiralty deemed that this was not a Mention in Despatches and he was refused permission to wear the emblem.