Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (135730 Frank Stacey, Ch. S.B.S., H.M.S. Wildfire), together with related Marine Society Reward of Merit Medal, silver, the reverse engraved, ‘Frank Stacey, 5th March 1908’, this last with refixed suspension claw, otherwise generally good very fine (2) £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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Frank Stacey was born at Lambeth, Surrey in December 1869 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in December 1885. As also confirmed by his service papers, however, he actually received his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1904, so the above described issue must have been a replacement that he claimed in the period immediately following the Great War. During the latter conflict he appears to have served at several shore establishments, including Chatham Hospital from August 1914 until June 1916.