Special Collections

Sold between 2 March & 1 December 2004

2 parts

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Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee

Oliver Stirling Lee

Lot

№ 110

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1 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£220

Five: Paymaster Lieutenant W. Light, Royal Navy

Africa General Service 1902-56
, 1 clasp, Somaliland 1902-04 (1st Wtr., H.M.S. Highflyer); 1914-15 Star (Ch. Wr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Wr., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (169588 Ch. Writer, H.M.S. Circe), the first and last with contact marks and edge bruising, good fine, the remainder very fine or better (5) £140-160

William Light was born at Wilcove, Cornwall in January 1893 and entered the Royal Navy as a Writer 3rd Class in September 1892. He subsequently witnessed active service aboard H.M.S. Highflyer during the Somaliland operations of 1903 and was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in September 1907. Appointed a Warrant Writer while serving at Vivid I in October 1915, he ended the War in the repair shipVictorious and was appointed a Commissioned Writer in June 1919. Light’s final advancement was to Paymaster Lieutenant in January 1923.