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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 206

(x) Four: Gunner R. Vallance, Royal Marine Artillery, awarded the Naval Good Shooting Medal for accuracy with a 3-pounder quick-firing gun

1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 11345. Gr. R. Vallance.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 11345 Gr. R. Vallance.); Naval Good Shooting Medal, G.V.R. (11345. Gunr. R. Vallance, R.M.A., H.M.S. Cochrane. 1914. 3 Pdr. Q.F.), sometime lacquered, light contact marks throughout, very fine (4)

Ex-Douglas-Morris Collection.

Robert Vallance was born on 17 September 1885 at Paisley, the son of Robert and Jessie Vallance of 35 Causeyside Street. A plumber by trade, he enlisted as Private into the Royal Marine Artillery at Glasgow on 1 May 1905, being advanced Gunner 2nd Class six months later and Gunner on 12 March 1906. At around this time he was granted a hurt certificate as a result of an injury which resulted in a hernia. Embarked upon Britannia in October 1906, Vallance returned home to the R.M.A. depot in 1908, before serving aboard Magnificent in March 1909 and London from 9 February 1910.

On 2 October 1914 Vallance was awarded the Naval Good Shooting Medal whilst serving aboard the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Cochrane. He remained aboard her until 7 August 1915, at which date he was placed in detention and sent to Headquarters for 25 days, his character noted as 'fair'. He returned to serve with the R.M.A. before joining Attentive II on 23 September 1917 for the remainder of hostilities.

Following a further detention on 22 December 1921, his character noted as 'indifferent' - which disqualified him from receiving a L.S. & G.C. Medal - Vallance was transferred to the Plymouth Division on 21 September 1923; sold with copied service record.


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Sold for
£700

Starting price
£280