Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Cook W. H. S. Land, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. H. S. Land. Sh. Cook. H.M.S. Rambler.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (W. H. S. Land, Ch. Cook. H.M.S. Terror.) contact marks, very fine (2) £160-£200

William Henry Spencer Land was born at Portsmouth on 21 August 1870, and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Second Class Cook’s Mate on 17 January 1890. Advanced Cook’s Mate on 1 July 1892, his first ship was the despatch vessel H.M.S. Mercury from 30 November 1892 to 20 March 1896, in which he was advanced to 2nd Class Ship’s Cook. He joined the surveying ship H.M.S. Rambler on 17 November 1897, and was advanced Acting Ship’s Cook on 8 October 1899, and Ship’s Cook on 28 February 1900. He served in Rambler during the Boer War, before joining H.M.S. Terror, the base ship at Bermuda, on 3 April 1904, being advanced to Chief Cook on 1 November 1904. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 May 1905, and after further service in the cruisers H.M.S. Furious, Forte, Vindictive, and Ariadne, he was discharged to pension on 15 January 1912. He saw further service in the Great War as a Chief Cook in the armoured cruiser H.M.S. King Alfred for two months from 2 August 1914, and then in the cruiser H.M.S. Fearless, from 25 September 1916 until his demobilisation on 8 May 1919.

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