Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A post-War C.B.E. group of three awarded to Marine Superintendent G. S. Kennedy, Mercantile Marine

The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E., (Civil) Commander’s 1st type, neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in its Garrad, London, case of issue; British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (George S. Kennedy) good very fine (3) £240-£280

C.B.E. London Gazette, 1 January 1953.

George Stewart Kennedy, was born in Hackney, London, on 3 July 1888. He joined the Mercantile Marine and received his Master’s certificate on 20 September 1912 before service afloat during the Great War. Later serving as a Marine Superintendent with the Orient Steam Navigation Company, he died, aged 91, in Basingstoke, Hampshire, in September 1979.

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