Auction Catalogue

7 December 2005

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 1090

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7 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£150

Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. G. Neve, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (K.14488 Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.14488 S.P.O., R.N.)

Three: Able Seaman E. A. Peck, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.21646 Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.21646 A.B., R.N.)

Three: 2nd Hand J. Reid, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star (6771 D.A. 2 Hd., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (6771 D.A. 2-Hd., R.N.R.), mounted as worn, very fine and better (9) £100-140

W. G. Neve was born in Clapton, London on 26 June 1889 and enlisted on 2 April 1912. He served until invalided out of the service in 1920. Neve served on the battleship Hibernia, October 1912 to October 1917, the ship gaining battle honours for the ‘Dardanelles 1915-16’, and then on the Agamemnon from November 1917 until March 1919.

E. A. Peck was born in Reading, Surrey on 21 July 1897 and enlisted on 2 December 1912. He served on the battleship
Prince of Wales, November 1913 to May 1917, the ship gaining the battle honours for the ‘Dardanelles 1915’.

J. Reid was born on 8 May 1873 and enlisted on 8 May 1915. He served on the
Brilliant and Zaria from July 1916 until he was demobilized in May 1919.