The John Chidzey Collection

Eight: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer W. Owens, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (M.8838 S.R.A, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.8838 S.R.A., R.N.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals, these three privately engraved (M1853 W. Owens, S.B.C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Naval Auxiliary Sick Berth Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension, with 2nd Award Bar (1853 S.B.A., R.N.A.S.B.R.); St. John Service Medal, 5 silver clasps (7578 Pte. Kensington Div. No. 1 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1929) mounted as worn; together with a St. John Ambulance Association Re-examination Badge, bronze (173168 William Owens) with 45 ‘labels’ dating from 1915 to 1960, some contact marks, very fine and better (9) £200-240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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William Owens was born in Chelsea on 15 March 1889. Formerly employed as a Fishmonger’s Assistant, he served in the R.N.A.S.B.R. as a Senior Reserve Attendant, 2 August 1914-21 June 1919. He was mobilised for the Second World War on 26 August 1939. With copied service paper and other research. Not listed as a recipient of a bar to the R.N.A.S.B.R. Medal in The Naval Long Service Medals, by K. Douglas-Morris.