Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Royal Household Faithful Service pair awarded to Irene A. M. Kemble, Housekeeper of the Royal Lodge, Windsor

Royal Household Faithful Service Medal E.II.R., suspension dated ‘1937-1957’ (Irene A, M. Kemble) on bow ribbon, in Royal Mint leather case of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed, with bow ribbon, in card box of issue, extremely fine (2) £380-420

Provenance: DNW, June 2012.

Irene May A. Kemble - given the nickname ‘Campie’ by the Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, was the housekeeper at the Royal Lodge at Windsor. She had been in Royal Service since 1937. She became the Queen Mother’s Housekeeper at the Lodge in 1946, prior to which, she served at Sandringham. She later married Alf Searies, a former Police Sergeant at Windsor.

Sold with original named certificates of award for both medals; a copy of Royal Lodge Windsor by H. Cathcart and The Great Park & Windsor Forest by C. Smith; together with a number of photocopied newspaper clippings.