Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

An impressive post-war B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Chief Engine Room Artificer F. Mace, Royal Navy, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British Empire Medal, E.II.R., Military Division (C.E.R.A. George F. Mace, D/MX. 802289); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star, clasp, North Africa 1942-43; Burma Star; Italy Star; War Medal 1939-45; Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (D/MX. 802289 G. F. Mace, C.E.R.A., R.N.); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Malay Peninsula (MX. 802289 G. F. Mace, B.E.M., C.E.R.A., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (MX. 802289 G. F. Mace, C.E.R.A., H.M.S. Alaunia), minor official corrections to number and rate on the last, generally good very fine (10) £500-600

B.E.M. London Gazette 2 June 1962.

George Frederick Mace was born in October 1919 and entered the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in October 1938. He subsequently passed the Admiralty Trade Test for Moulder and was rated Engine Room Artificer (E.R.A.) 3rd Class but nothing further is currently known in respect of his wartime career. He was discharged as an Able Seaman in October 1945.

Less than a year later, he entered the Royal Navy as an E.R.A. 4th Class and, having been advanced to C.E.R.A., was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in May 1955. In the following year, he witnessed active service in the Near East - he is believed to have been serving aboard H.M.S. Adamant at the time of the Suez landings. At the time of being recommended for his B.E.M., he was serving in the submarine depot ship Forth, 2nd Submarine Squadron, a distinction that he duly received from the C.-in-C. Plymouth in July 1962, shortly after leaving the Service.

In May 1963, however, he again entered the Royal Navy and, retaining his old rate, served in H.M.S. Triumph off the Malay Peninsula. Mace came ashore for a final time in March 1968; sold with copied research, including lengthy recommendation for his B.E.M. and official confirmation of his post-war awards.