Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Commander D. G. Reid, Royal Navy, later Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance, Woolwich

1914-15 Star (Mid. D. G. Reid. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. D. G. Reid. R.N.) very fine (3) £70-£90

Duncan George Reid was born on 18 July 1895 and commenced his naval service on 15 September 1913, being appointed Midshipman on 2 August 1914. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mignonette (Pembroke), H.M.S. Cleopatra, H.M.S. Bellerophon and H.M.S. Yarmouth, and was promoted Sub Lieutenant on 15 September 1916; Lieutenant on 15 December 1917; and Lieutenant Commander on 15 December 1925. He was appointed Assistant Inspector of Naval Ordnance (on probation) in December 1927, and was placed on the retired list with the rank of Commander, on 18 July 1938, but was recalled for duties in the Naval Ordnance Inspection Department, Woolwich, during the Second World War, finally being discharged in November 1945.