Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Shipwright 1st Class C. W. Bacon, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (345376 C. W. Bacon Shpt.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (345376 C. W. Bacon Shpt.1. R.N.) naming on VM extremely faint and almost illegible; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (345376 C. W. Bacon Shipt. 1Cl. H.M.S. Sapphire.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £70-£90

Charles William Bacon, a Shipwright from Harleston, Suffolk, was born on 20 November 1879. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 14 July 1902, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Sapphire, H.M.S. Euryalus and H.M.S. Tamar in Hong Kong. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 11 June 1918 and after further service was shore pensioned on 13 July 1924.