Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Skipper T. H. Lewis, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (WSA, 281, T. H. Lewis, Skr., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (W.S.A. 281 T. H. Lewis. Skr. R.N.R.) light contact marks, very fine

Three: Engineman G. F. Dowden, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (ES. 3756, G. F. Dowden, Engn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (3756E. S. G. F. Dowden Engn. R.N.R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (6) £70-£90

Thomas Henry Lewis was born at Hull, Yorkshire, on 18 September 1874 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 31 August 1914. During the Great War he served in H.M.S. Ganges (Phoebe) and H.M.S. Pekin, including service in the Hired Trawlers Support. He was demobilised in 1922.

George Fawcett Dowden was born at Kessingham, Suffolk, on 22 January 1893 and joined the Royal Naval Reserve on 12 July 1915. During the Great War he served in H.M. Trawlers and Drifters Loyal Friend, Diadem, Kingfisher, and White Oak, and in H.M.S. Attentive III and H.M.S. Halcyon II. His service record notes that he was commended for his conduct on the occasion of the loss of the Skipper of the Trawler Diadem, on 28 March 1916. He was shore demobilised from H.M.S. Halcyon at Lowestoft on 29 May 1919.