A post-war M.B.E. group of four awarded to Mr A. K. A. Lockie, Head of Plumberwork Section, Ship Drawing Office, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1914-15 Star (C.1-2195. A. K. A. Lockie, A.B., R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.1-2195 A. K. A. Lockie. A.B. R.N.V.R.) with named card boxes of issue for last three and remains of Registered packet, extremely fine (4) £200-£260

M.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1962: ‘Archibald King Anderson Lockie, Esq., Head of Plumberwork Section, Ship Drawing Office, Alexander Stephen and Sons, Ltd., Glasgow.’

Sold with various ship photographs and another of Lockie in naval uniform, and a copy of Linthouse News, house magazine of Alexander Stephen and Sons, which gives the following news upon the award of his M.B.E.: ‘We congratulate Mr Archibald Lockie, who has been with the firm for over half a century, on him being awarded the M.B.E. in the New Year Honours List. Mr Lockie started in the years before World War One as an office boy. He then served his time as a drawing office apprentice and is now in charge of the section of the Ship Drawing Office which deals with Piping Arrangements. In this modern era, this is one of the most important parts of a busy office. Mr Lockie is a fine example to his squad in encouraging them to produce neat and accurate work as speedily as possible. In the First World War, Mr Lockie went to sea as a Royal Naval Volunteer Reservist, and in the second he was active in the Yard Ambulance Corps.’