Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant H. A. Stevens, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who served on H.M. Armoured Train Deguise

1914-15 Star (S. Lt., R.N.V.R.); Belgium, Military Decoration, 1st Class, silver-gilt, on ‘bravery’ ribbon, nearly extremely fine, rare (2) £120-160

Henry Adolphus Stevens, of 9 North Kent Terrace, North End, Portsmouth, served as a Temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the R.N.V.R. In November 1915 he was posted to H.M.S. Victory for the Royal Naval Division. With the R.N.D. he served aboard H.M. Armoured Train Deguise. For his services he was awarded the Belgian Military Decoration. With copied service cards and extracts from R.N.V.R. Armoured Trains Operations, September 1914-March 1915, by Commander A. Scott Littlejohn, in which the operations of the armoured train Deguise are listed and in which Sub-Lieutenant Stevens is listed amongst the officers noted for their ‘good work’.

It is believed that only two Belgian Military Decorations were awarded to the Royal Navy and one to the Royal Marines in the Great War.