Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Armourer C. H. Foster, Royal Navy, who was Commended for his work in designing a target carrier for a deflection target

1914-15 Star (157740, C. H. Foster, Ch. Ar., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (157740 C. H. Foster. Ch. Amr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (C. H. Foster, Ch. Armr. H.M.S. Cambridge.) good very fine (4) £140-£180

Charles Henry Foster was born in Stoke Damerel, Devonport, in 1869 and entered naval service on 2 October 1890. In 1906, Smith, who had been promoted Chief Armourer in 1900, was commended for zeal and ingenuity displayed in designing a target carrier for deflection target. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1905, he was pensioned to shore on 2 October 1912. Recalled on the outbreak of War, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Caesar and Impregnable, and at the shore based establishment H.M.S. Vivid.