Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3) (220262. Walter. Squires. P.O. H.M.S. Columbine ; 280527. G. J. Welsh. Ldg. Stoker. H.M.S Attentive.; 183455. R. J. J. Dewey, Ldg. Smn. H.M.S. Indus.) light contact marks, generally good very fine and better (3) £100-£140

Walter Squires was born on 13 September 1885 in Newton Abbot, Devon. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in September 1903 as a Boy Second Class and was first posted to the shore establishment H.M.S. Impregnable. Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, Squires had served with several ships including the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Donegal, the cruiser Blake, and the pre-dreadnought battleship Albion. He served part of the Great War with the later, in which he took part in operations during the Gallipoli campaign as well as those around Greece and Bulgaria. Squires transferred to H.M.S. Columbine in October 1919 and it was whilst serving with this shore establishment that he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was discharged with a pension in 1926 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. During the Second World War, Squires served with H.M.S. Drake I as a Chief Petty Officer.

Gilbert Joseph Welsh was born on 25 May 1876 in St Hudson, Sunderland. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in September 1895 and first served with the shore establishment H.M.S. Victory. Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, Welsh had served with several ships including the battleship H.M.S. Camperdown, the cruiser H.M.S. Intrepid, and the torpedo gunboat H.M.S. Spanker. During the Great War, he served with the shore establishments H.M.S. Attentive and Victory. It was whilst serving with the former that Welsh was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, having reached the rate of Leading Stoker. He was invalided out of the service in January 1917.

Richard John Jago Dewey was born on 1 July 1877 in Stoke Damerel, Devon. He enlisted into the Royal Navy in April 1895 as a Boy Second Class and was first posted to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Northampton. Prior to the outbreak of the Great War, Dewey had served with several ships including the scout cruiser H.M.S. Bellona, the cruiser H.M.S. Pearl, and the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Montague. In July 1914 he was transferred to the destroyer H.M.S. Dove and remained with her until after the end of hostilities. In February 1919 he was posted to H.M.S. Indus and it was whilst serving with this shore establishment that Dewey was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal. He was demobilised in April 1920.