Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Stoker H. W. Louch, Royal Navy, late Private Royal Marines
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (H. W. Louch, Pte., H.M.S. St George); China 1900, 1 clasp, Relief of Pekin (H. W. Louch, Pte. R.M., H.M.S. Centurion); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (309825 H. W. Louch, Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Philomel); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (309825 H. W. Louch, Sto. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Skirmisher) light contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £700-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine collection of awards for the Boxer Rebellion 1900.

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390 medals issued with Relief of Pekin clasp to this ship.

Herbert William Louch was born in Cambridge on 27 July 1874, and joined the Portsmouth Division of the Royal Marines on 28 February 1894. In February 1897 he was landed from St George during the Benin Expedition, and in June 1900 he was landed from Centurion with the Naval Brigade at Taku Forts, being present at the capture of Reyang Arsenal and operations at Tientsin. Discharged from the Royal Marines on 1 March 1906, Louch joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 2 March. He served in Philomel during the Somaliland campaign in 1908-09 and received his L.S. & G.C. medal in March 1911 whilst serving in Skirmisher. He was finally discharged on 14 March 1919.