Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Chief Sick Berth Steward O. Fearnley, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (O. Fearnley, S.B. Std. H.M.S. Alecto.); British War Medal 1914-20 (137407 O. Fearnley. Ch. S.B.S. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Owen Fearnley. Sk. Bth. Stewd. H.M.S. Gladiator.) together with Silver War Badge No. ‘RN34623’, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine or better and rare to sick berth personnel (3) £400-£500

Owen Fearnley was born in Mile End, London in June 1870. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in May 1886. Fearnley was posted as a Sick Berth Attendant to Haslar Hospital in June 1888, and advanced to Sick Berth Steward in June 1893. Subsequent service included H.M.S. Alecto, from March 1897 - April 1898 earning his East & West Africa Medal. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in October 1907, and was discharged on 7 January 1909. Mobilised on 2 August 1914, Fearnley served the entirety of the Great War as a Chief Sick Berth Steward at Chatham Naval Hospital, and was eventually invalided from service on 24 December 1918.