Orders, Decorations and Medals

Family group:

Four: Petty Officer O. P. Bax, Royal Navy, wounded in action, Persian Gulf, 14 August 1915

1914-15 Star (236859 P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (236859 P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (236859 P.O., H.M.S. Dragon)

Victory Medal 1914-19 (186632 G. Bax, Slmr. R.N.) group fine; this last very fine (5) £120-160

Osman Pasha Bax was born in Broadstairs, Kent on 8 February 1889. Formerly employed as a Plumber’s Mate, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 20 July 1906 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in October 1906. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in February 1907 when on Andromeda; Able Seaman in July 1908 when on Achilles and Leading Seaman in February 1913 on Hecla. He served on the 2nd class cruiser Juno, July 1914-January 1917 and was promoted to Petty Officer in July 1915. He was wounded in action in the Persian Gulf, 14 August 1915 whilst with a landing party in operations against the village of Dilwar (Bushire, Persia), receiving bullet wounds to his left upper arm and his lower left jaw. After being based at Pembroke, January 1917-May 1918, he saw the rest of the war out on the scout cruiser Sentinal, May 1918-April 1919. Served on the cruiser Dragon, 1920-23 and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal in 1922. With copied service paper and other research.

George Bax was born in Broadstairs, Kent on 26 October 1879. Formerly employed as a Labourer, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in November 1895 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1896. Serving on the Empress of India, June 1897-April 1899, he was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in October 12897 and Able Seaman in April 1899. In October 1904 he was rated as Sailmaker’s Mate at Pembroke and Sailmaker in August 1905 when on Hecla. With the onset of war he was serving on the 2nd class cruiser Hermes and was aboard her when she was sunk by the U.27 off the Ruylingen Bank on 31 October 1914. For the remainder of the war he served at Pembroke, November 1914-June 1916; Diligence, June 1916-April 1918 and June 1918-May 1919. He was demobilized in May 1919. With copied service paper and other research.