Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Chief Stoker A. E. Slade, Royal Navy

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (306..29 A. E. Slade Sto. P.O. H.M.S.....); 1914-15 Star (306729 A. E. Slade, S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (..... A. E. Slade. Act. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (306.... A. E. Slade, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Pembroke) mounted for display, heavy contact marks, worn, fine (5) £160-£200

Alfred Ernest Slade was born in Hertford in September 1880. He joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class in June 1904, and advanced to Chief Stoker in March 1919. Slade served with H.M.S. Pathfinder, January 1909 - January 1911, and with H.M.S. Starfish (destroyer), December 1916 - April 1918 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in July 1919). He was Shore Pensioned in June 1926.