Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Lieutenant J. T. Lacey, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1914-15 Star (J.25693. J. T. Lacey, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.25693 J. T. Lacey. A.B. R.N.); War Medal 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue (J.25693 (Po. B.16809) J. T. Lacey. L.S. R.F.R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine

Pair: Private A. H. Martin, Royal Marine Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (Ch.19572, Pte. A. H. Martin, R.M.L.I.); Victory Medal (Ch.19572 Pte. A. H. Martin. R.M.L.I.) VM officially re-impressed, good very fine (7) £80-120

John Thomas Lacey was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 10 March 1898 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 16 July 1913, serving in H.M.S. Ganges. He transferred to H.M.S. Agincourt on 6 August 1914, and served in her throughout the first three years of the Great War, including at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916. Having been advanced Ordinary Seaman, 11 November 1915, he was promoted Able Seaman, 20 October 1916, and Leading Seaman, 1 February 1925. Shore pensioned on 9 March 1928, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Commissioned Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, he served during the Second World War and died on 19 December 1943, and is buried in High Wycombe Cemetery under a CWGC headstone.

Albert Henry Martin was born at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, on 29 October 1896, and enlisted for the Royal Marine Light Infantry at London on 1 January 1915. He served during he Great War with the R.M. Brigade in Gallipoli from 25 September 1915, left his post after an attack on 26 October 1917 and was apprehended by the Military Police in Alberta Trench. He was tried by a General Court Martial on 18 November 1917 and was sentenced to 1 year’s hard labour, but the sentence was later quashed. Posted missing in action on the Western Front on 24 March 1918, he was later confirmed as being a Prisoner of War in Germany, and was repatriated on 11 December 1918. He was finally discharged on 7 April 1920.