Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer W. H. Vick, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal for services during the Great War in H.M.S. Assistance

1914-15 Star (M. 413, W. H. Vick, E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 413, W. H. Vick, C.E.R.A.2, R.N.); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 413, W. H. Vick, C.E.R.A.2Cl. “Assistance” Services During War.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 413, W. H.Vick. C.E.R.A.1 H.M.S. Bryony.) edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (5) £400-£500

M.S.M. London Gazette 27 June 1919.

William Harry Vick, a fitter and turner from Portsmouth, was born on 30 March 1887. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 29 May 1908, he served throughout the Great War in the repair ship H.M.S. Assistance and was awarded the Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal for services during the Great War. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class on 1 May 1923, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medals on 14 June 1923. He was recalled for Second War service ashore in the U.K., and served in H.M.S. Cochrane.