Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Officer’s Steward 1st Class S. A. W. G. Monck, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (166981. S. A. W. G. Monck. O.S. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (166981 S. A. W. G. Monck. O.S. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (166981 S. A. W. G. Monck, Off. Std. 1Cl, H.M.S. Hampshire.) minor official correction to initial of last, generally very fine or better (4) £140-£180

Samuel Abraham William Godwin Monck was born in Fareham, Hampshire in March 1874, and was a fishmonger by trade. He joined the Royal Navy as a Domestic 3rd Class in April 1892. Monck advanced to Domestic 1st Class in July 1904, and served as Officer’s Steward with H.M.S. Hampshire, August 1907 - July 1912 (awarded L.S. & G.C. November 1909). He served during the Great War with the cruiser H.M.S. Leviathan, July 1914 - May 1918. Monck was Shore Pensioned in September 1922.