Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chief Motor Mechanic W. Smith, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, late Army Service Corps

1914 Star (CMT-1348 Pte., A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 1383 C.M.M., R.N.V.R.), very fine or better (3) £60-80

Willliam Smith, who was born in October 1880, first entered the French theatre of war with the Army Service Corps in 16 August 1914. Transferring to the “Wavy Navy” in June 1916, he was appointed a Chief Motor Mechanic in August of the same year and was attached to the Auxiliary Patrol, his wartime appointments including service in MlL 457 from November 1916 until August 1917. Sadly, however, as verified by his service papers, Smith was “Discharged Dead” while home on leave in February 1919, very probably as a result of influenza.