Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer H. C. Smith, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (300233, H. C. Smith, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (300233 H. C. Smith. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (300233 H. C. Smith, S.P.O. H.M.S. Sandhurst.), contact marks and edge knocks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

Henry Charles Smith was born in Cheltenham on 22 August 1882, entering naval service on 4 April 1902. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 1 August 1913, Smith was serving in H.M.S. Roxburgh on the outbreak of war, remaining in her until drafted, in 1916, to H.M. Ships Pheasant and then Sandhurst. Awarded his L.S. & G.C. on 16 May 1917, he was pensioned to shore on 7 May 1924.