Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Petty Officer C. F. Bennett, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (236330, C. F. Bennett, P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (236330 C. F. Bennett. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (236330 C. F. Bennett. C.P.O. H.M.S. Argus.) mounted as worn, naming very feint on VM, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £80-£100

Charles Frederick Bennett was born in Portsmouth on 27 November 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 25 May 1906. Advanced Petty Officer on 1 May 1915, he served during the Great War initially in H.M.S. Achilles, and was posted to H.M.S. Argus on 15 September 1922. Promoted Chief Petty Officer on 1 January 1923, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 December 1923. He was shore pensioned on 26 November 1930.