Four: Petty Officer C. H. Morrow, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (215589, C. H. Morrow, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (215589 C. H. Morrow. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (215589 C. H. Morrow. P.O. H.M.S. Hecla.) contact marks, generally very fine (4) £100-£140

Carlton Henry Morrow was born on 22 April 1886, at Carlisle, Cumberland. He commenced naval service as Boy 2 Class, H.M.S. Caledonia, 30 July 1901. He advanced to Ordinary Seaman, H.M.S. Kent, 22 April 1904; to Able Seaman, on 17 August 1905; to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Pembroke I, on 25 March 1909, and to Petty Officer, H.M.S. Rosario on 1 August 1913. During the Great War he served in several ships including Miranda, Leonidas, and Springbok. After The Great War he was advanced to Chief Petty Officer, H.M.S. Pembroke I, on 1 February 1921, but on 21 February 1925, he was `discharged' dead' from H.M.S. Abdiel, having "died suddenly", 14 months short of his pensionable date. Whilst still a Boy 1 Class in H.M.S. Caledonia, he had deserted on 15 July 1902, and was not recovered until 9 December 1902 when, by warrant of 19 December, he received 18 cuts with a birch by way of retribution. Thereafter his disciplinary record seems to have been satisfactory and he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal when he was serving in the destroyer H.M.S. Sorceress, whose depot ship was H.M.S. Hecla, in 1919.