Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 173

Five: Chief Sick Berth Steward W. G. Bendle, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (W. G. Bendle. S.B. Asst., H.M.S. St. George); 1914-15 Star (350235 W. G. Bendle. Ch. S.B. S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (350235 W. G. Bendle. Ch. S.B.S., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S.& G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (350235 W. G. Bendle. Ch. S.B.S., H.M.S. Doris), together with a corresponding set of five miniature dress medals, good very fine (10)

William Geoge Bendle was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire on 9 December 1873 and enlisted into the Royal Marines on 2 April 1889. He transferred to the Royal Navy as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant on 27 June 1894 and attained the rank of Chief Sick Berth Steward in 1913. During the Great War he served aboard Doris, which sunk an Ottoman merchantman in December 1914, before serving in the Dardanelles during 1915 and finished the Great War in the East Indies. He was discharged with a pension in 1920.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£450

Starting price
£250