Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer E. C. Saunders, Royal Navy, who was awarded the D.S.M. for his services in Merchant Armed Cruisers in 1916

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (124595. E. C. Saunders. Lg. Sig. H.M.S. Victorian. 1916.) minor official correction to rate; 1914-15 Star (124595, E. C. Saunders, P.O.,2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (124595 E. C. Saunders, P.O.2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (124595 E. C. Saunders, P.O. 2Cl. (C.G.) H.M. Coast Guard.) good very fine (5) £500-£700

D.S.M. London Gazette 21 April 1917:
‘For service in Patrol Cruisers.’

Edgar Charles Saunders was born in Mile End, Middlesex, on 8 March 1868 and enlisted in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 11 September 1883. Advanced Petty Officer 2nd Class, he transferred to the Coast Guard, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 25 January 1911. Recalled for service during the Great War on 1 December 1914, he spent the majority of his Great War service afloat in the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Victorian, and was awarded the D.S.M. for his service in Patrol Cruisers in 1916. He was shore demobilised on 3 December 1918.