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Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (T/Sub. Lieut. H. V. Cox, R.N.V.R.) contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £80-100

Ex Tamplin Collection, D.N.W. 25 September 2008.

Harold Vincent Cox served as a Chief Petty Officer, Mechanic 3rd Grade, R.N.V.R., with the Naval Armoured Car Squadron and was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 17 May 1918) in recognition of his services with this unit during the Russian retreat from Galicia in July and August 1917.

Cox was granted a commission as a temporary Sub-Lieutenant, R.N.V.R., in December 1917, and in March 1918 appointed to be borne as additional to the yacht H.M.S. Catania. In May 1918 he was appointed to Motor Launch 447 in which he served until the close of the year when he was promoted to Temporary Lieutenant. He was given command of M.L. 430 in May 1919, and of M.L. 504 in July 1919 which he commanded until the end of that year. Cox was demobilised in the early part of 1920.