Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.M. group of four awarded to Stoker Petty Officer A. Davey, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for service aboard the Destroyer H.M.S. Alarm, 1915-16

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (312329. A. Davet, Lg. Sto. H.M.S. Alarm. Patrol Services 1915-6.); 1914-15 Star (312329, A. Davey, L. Sto. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (312329, A. Davey. S.P.O. R.N.) good very fine (4) £600-£800

D.S.M. London Gazette 23 May 1917:
‘In recognition of their services in the Destroyer Patrol Flotillas, Armed Boarding Steamers, &c., during the period which ended on 30 September, 1916.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 26 April 1918.

Albert Davey was born in Dartmouth, Devon on 25 August 1889. He joined the Royal Navy on 3 October 1907 as a Stoker II Class, initially at H.M.S. Vivid II before joining H.M.S. Sentinel on 28 January 1908. Serving on a number of ships, he joined H.M.S. Alarm as an Acting Leading Stoker on 1 July 1913, and served in this ship until 17 December 1915, having been confirmed to that rating and been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. After over a year at Vivid II, and having been promoted Stoker Petty Officer, he spent a month with H.M.S. Dido, before being posted to H.M.S. Attentive II on 1 March 1917. He later served at H.M.S. Attentive II, which was the shore base for the Dover Patrol, until 8 March 1919. He was discharged from the Royal Navy in June 1922.