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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 70

Three: Engineer Lieutenant-Commander J. W. Alexander, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (Eng. Lt. Cdr. J. W. Alexander. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Eng. Lt. Cdr. J. W. Alexander. R.N.), good very fine (3)

James Watson Alexander was born in Scotland on 25 September 1877 and entered the Royal Navy in June 1899 as a Probationary Assisting Engineer. Made Engineer Lieutenant in June 1904, his career was blighted by his alcohol addiction. Serving on the China Station aboard Monmouth in 1908, he 'incurred the C. in C.'s severe displeasure' at his consumption and he was set a wine limit on his mess bill. During the Great War he was Court Martialled for wilful disobedience and lost two years of rank, being dismissed from his ship. He was discharged from the Minotaur to hospital with acute gastritis in August 1917 and was again Court Martialled in October 1917. Pleading guilty once again, Alexander was placed on the Retired List in October 1917.

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£260

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£110