The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Ten: Chief Yeoman of Signals C. W. Sylvester, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (200653 Y.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (200653 Y.S., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45, these privately named (200653 C. W. Sylvester, C.Y.S., R.N.); Royal Navy Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (200653 C. W. Sylvester, Yeo. Sigs. “Vanity” Baltic 1919) nearly very fine and better (10) £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Ex Douglas-Morris Collection, B.D.W. 12 February 1997.

M.S.M. London Gazette 8 March 1920. ‘Honours for services in the Baltic.’

Charles William Sylvester was born in Kidderminster on 9 May 1883. Served as a Yeoman of Signals during the Great War and during the Russian intervention. Awarded the naval M.S.M. for service in the Baltic Sea aboard the destroyer Vanity during 1919. H.M.S. Vanity was a ‘V’ Class destroyer of 1,300 tons, launched on 3 May 1918. Served during the Second World War and Chief Yeoman of Signals aboard the hospital ship Oxfordshire, January 1941-June 1945. Released from the Royal Navy on 27 November 1945. With copied m.i.c. and some service notes.