Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class O. Gledhill, Royal Navy
British War Medal 1914-20 (269793 C.E.R.A.1, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269793 Orlando Gledhill, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Minotaur)

Pair: Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class T. J. Lethbridge, Royal Navy
British War Medal 1914-20 (272283 Act. C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (272283 C.E.R.A.2, H.M.S. Sandhurst) mounted as worn, last with contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £100-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Ron Tuppen Collection of Naval Medals to Engine Room Officers.

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Orlando Gedhill was born in Little Horton, Yorkshire on 30 March 1879. During the Great War he served on the armoured cruiser Minotaur, May 1912-October 1917, based on the China Station during 1914 and later with the Grand Fleet. On the battleship Iron Duke, April 1918-January 1919. Additionally entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal. With copied service paper.

Thomas James Lethbridge was born in Plymouth on 12 December 1879. Entered the Royal Navy in 1906. During the Great War he served variously on the depot ship Blake and at Vivid II (Devonport). Listed as unfit for sea service due to defective teeth. With copied service paper.