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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 195

Five: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer W. H. England, Royal Navy, who served as a Submariner in the Baltic during the Great War

Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (351574 S.B.S. W. H. England. H.M.S. Sphinx); 1914-15 Star (351574 S.B.S. W. H. England. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (351574 S.B.S. W. H. England. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (351574 S.B.S. W. H. England. H.M.S. Pembroke), a little edge bruising, very fine (5)

William Henry England was born at Dulwich, London on 25 August 1887. He enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Probationary Sick Berth Attendant on 16 October 1905 and served on the composite paddle vessel Sphynx in the Persian Gulf. He served as a Sick Berth Steward throughout the Great War, which saw him firstly aboard Maidstone and then in the Baltic. England was an early Submarine Service Medic when he was posted to the E-19 in August 1916. It seems possible that posting was to secure his pay and that he was possibly based aboard the Dvina until January 1918. Presented with his L.S. & G.C. Medal in November 1920, he attained the rank of Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer in 1925 and was discharged with a pension in 1927; sold together with copied Service Record.

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Sold for
£420

Starting price
£160