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Auction: 3016 - Orders, Medals, Decorations & Militaria
Lot: 608

Group of Eight to Admiral Sir E.S. Alexander-Sinclair [G.C.B.], M.V.O., Royal Navy, Commanded the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron at Jutland
Royal Victorian Order, 4th Class (M.V.O.) Badge, silver-gilt, gold crown, reverse numbered '689'; 1914-15 Star (Commre. E.S. Alexander Sinclair 2 Cl. M.V.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaf (R. Adml.); Coronation, 1911; Jubilee 1935; France, Croix de Guerre with Palm '1914-1918'; United States of America, Distinguished Service Medal, Navy, good very fine
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Admiral Sir Edwyn Sinclair Alexander-Sinclair G.C.B., M.V.O. (1865-1945), entered the Royal Navy 1879; Captain in Command Osbourne Naval College, 1905-08, M.V.O. 1.10.1908 on his retirement from this appointment; in command of H.M.S. Galatea when that ship assisted in the destruction of Zeppelin L7 off the Schlesvig Coast, 4.5.1916. (C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1916.); he was appointed to the command of the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, February 1916, with his broad pennant in H.M.S. Galatea; took part in the battle of Jutland, 31st May-1st June, 1916, where his Squadron was the first to make contact with and report the pressence of the enemy vessels; Commanded the 3rd Light Cruiser Squadron, 1917-1920; Rear Admiral 1917 (K.C.B., 1919; Mentioned in Despatches twice, French Croix de Guerre, and Russian Order of St. Vladimir with swords, 3rd Class); Commanded the 1st Battle Squadron Atlantic Fleet, 1922-24; Commander-in-Chief China Station, 1925-26 and the Nore, 1927-30; Admiral, 1926; Principle Naval A.D.C. to the King, 1930; retired list, 1930; G.C.B., 1930

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