Special Collections

Sold on 17 September 2004

1 part

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Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram

John Douglas Bertram

Lot

№ 236

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17 September 2004

Hammer Price:
£280

Four: Lieutenant A. Lefevre, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star
(Lieut., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (P.O. 1st Cl., H.M.S. Conquest), this last with one or two edge bruises, otherwise good very fine (4) £100-120

Alfred Lefevre was appointed a Boatswain in June 1892. Recalled in August 1914, as a Chief Gunner, R.N. (Retd.), he joined the ship’s company of the light cruiser H.M.S. Eclipse. By 1918 the Navy List records him as a Lieutenant, R.N. (Retd.) with no ship appointment.