Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Shipwright Second Class G. W. Overett, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.5137, C. [sic] W. Overett, L.C.C., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.5137 G. W. Overett. Shpt. 2 R.N.) mounted as worn, very fine

Three: Engine Room Artificer Third Class C. E. Iles, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.11306, C. E. Iles, Act. E.R.A. 4, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (W.11306 C. E. Iles. E.R.A. 4 R.N.) very fine (6) £70-£90

George William Overett was born at Islington, London, on 16 November 1893 and joined the Royal Navy as a Carpenters Crewman in H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 9 October 1912. He was advanced to Leading Carpenters Crewman, H.M.S. Antrim, on 23 November 1915, and to Shipwright Second Class on 17 May 1917. He also served during the Great War in H.M.S. Pembroke II, H.M.S. Rameses, H.M.S. Aurora and later in H.M.S. Canterbury and H.M.S. Dunedin. He was discharged from the Royal Navy on reduction of the fleet in July 1922.

Charles Edward Iles was born at Swindon, Wiltshire, on 1 October 1892 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 12 January 1915. He was appointed to H.M.S. St. George (for service in the torpedo boat destroyer, H.M.S. Thrasher) on 19 May 1915, and was confirmed as Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 5 September 1916. During the Great War he also served in H.M.S. Avon. He was invalided from H.M.S. Vivid II, on 13 December 1918 due to ‘organic heart disease’.