Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker Petty Officer H. R. Savage, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.6399, H. R. Savage. Sto.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.6399 H. R. Savage. L.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. (K.6399 H. R. Savage. A-S.P.O. H.M.S. Ceres.) polished, contact marked, nearly very fine (4) £100-£140

Henry Richard Savage was born on 21 April 1891, at Rochester, Kent. He commenced naval service as Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke, on 18 April 1910. He was advanced to Stoker First Class in H.M.S. Hogue, on 11 May 1911, serving then in H.M.S. Pembroke II, H.M.S. Actaeon, and H.M.S. Eclipse. In the Great War he served in H.M.S. Tamar, H.M.S. Blenheim, and H.M.S. Colne, and was advanced Leading Stoker on 28 January 1917. He was appointed Acting Stoker Petty Officer in H.M.S. Ceres in September 1924, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1925. He was confirmed in that rate in H.M.S. Hecla (Starfish) on 10 September 1925 and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Pembroke II (Marshal Soult) on 17 April 1932.