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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 71

(x) 1914 Star, copy clasp (Hon: Lieut: & Q.M. W. Stoyle. R.E.), very fine

[M.C.] London Gazette 14 January 1916.

William Stoyle was born on 3 May 1862 at Plymouth, Devon, and attested as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers on 3 July 1880. Promoted Corporal on 1 April 1885 and Sergeant Engineer Clerk on 1 April 1886, he was permitted to extend his service to 12 years with the Colours at Chatham on 17 November 1886. Later appointed Warrant Officer and Superintending Clerk, Stoyle served in Hong Kong from 14 December 1892-6 February 1896, and was overseas when his first wife Ava Marian died on 14 September 1893.

Returning home to Kent, Stoyle was retained by the Royal Engineers at Chatham on 19 June 1900, his conduct noted as 'exemplary' and his continued service being 'exceptionally advantageous to the public service.' In 1903 he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal and on 24 October 1906 he was commissioned Quartermaster and Honorary Lieutenant. He went on to serve throughout the Great War as Major and Quartermaster within the Royal Engineers Section of the office of the Deputy Adjutant General, being awarded the Military Cross and placed on retired pay on his having turned sixty. Stoyle died on 18 August 1929 at Andover, Hampshire, probate leaving effects of £372 10s. 3d. to his widow Alice Maud Stoyle; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£75

Starting price
£40