Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Acting Chief Petty Officer W. Dixon, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.Y. Osborne and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal and mentioned in desptaches for services during the Great War

British War Medal 1914-20 (147040 W. Dixon. Act. C.P.O., R.N.); Jubilee 1897, bronze; Coronation 1902, bronze; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (147040 Walter Dixon, A.B. Rigger, H.M.Y. Osborne) mounted for wear and display with a Royal Navy button, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4) £260-£300

M.S.M. London Gazette, 24 March 1919.
M.I.D. London Gazette, 20 September 1918.

Walter Dixon, from Ash, near Sandwich, Kent, was born on 30 April 1873. He attested in the Royal Navy as a Boy on 30 April 1891 and was advanced Petty Office Rigger on 11 October 1908. His L.S.G.C. was awarded whilst serving in H.M.Y. Osborne from 24 November 1895 to 6 May 1902 and was pensioned to shore on 23 July 1913. Joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 18 June 1914, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Leander and H.M.S. Pekin. Additionally entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal, he was advanced Chief Petty Officer on 1 December 1916, mentioned in despatches for minesweeping operations in 1918 and awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1919.

Sold with copied service papers and copied gazette entries.