Auction Catalogue

17 & 18 May 2016

Starting at 11:00 AM

.

Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Live Online Auction

Download Images

Lot

№ 368 x

.

17 May 2016

Hammer Price:
£280

Six: Paymaster Lieutenant E. A. Lillicrap, Royal Navy, latterly a Squadron Leader, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

1914-15
Star (345836 Ch. Wr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, small M.I.D. oak leaf (345836 Ch. Wr., R.N.); Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf, unnamed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (345836 Ch. Writer, H.M.S. Vivid) mounted court style for wear, some edge bruising, very fine and better (6) £140-180

Ernest Aldred Lillicrap was born in Devonport on 25 May 1884. A Clerk by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Writer 3rd Class on 5 November 1902. He was promoted to Writer 2nd Class in November 1906; Writer 1st Class in November 1910 and Chief Writer in November 1914. Served on the battleship H.M.S. Marlborough, June 1914-31 May 1916. He was commended for his good services in the action with the German fleet at Jutland, 31 May/1 June 1916 (London Gazette 15 September 1916) - his ship being in the thick of the action was hit by a torpedo and damaged. With her speed being reduced she was detached from the fleet and ordered home. From 1 June 1916-August 1916 Lillicrap was listed as serving aboard the battleship H.M.S. Royal Oak. With the ship repaired Lillicrap returned to the Marlborough, August 1916-January 1917, after which he spent the remainder of the war at H.M.S. Vivid I. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in November 1917. From 1 April 1921 to 20 July 1923 he served on the gunboat H.M.S. Glowworm where he probably served as secretary to its commander, Captain Arthur Snagge. In November 1921 the Glowworm and Captain Snagge played hosts to Karl and Zita, the deposed Emperor and Empress of Austria, after a failed attempt to win back the twin thrones of Austria and Hungary. Lillicrap was appointed a Commissioned Writer in May 1924 and in June 1932 was appointed a Paymaster Lieutenant (London Gazette 5 July 1932). In 1934 he was placed on the Retired List (London Gazette 25 May 1934).

Lillicrap enlisted into the accounts section of the R.A.F.V.R. and on 1 September 1939 he was mobilised and drafted to the Mount Batten Station near Plymouth. This section was a base for flying boats and sea rescue launches. He was commissioned into the Accountant Branch, R.A.F.V.R. in February 1940 and in June was promoted to Squadron Leader. A little later he was transferred to St. Eval on the northern coast of Cornwall and an important Coastal Command base. For his services there he was mentioned in despatches (
London Gazette 1 January 1942). On 17 January 1942 he was transferred to R.A.F. Tempsford in Bedfordshire - the home of ‘Special Duty’ squadrons - Nos. 138 and 161 which dropped and retrieved agents. On 10 July 1942 he was obliged to relinquish his commission on account of ill health. He died at St. Germans, Cornwall in December 1968.

With copied gazette extracts, service paper and other research contained in a folder.