Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A rare Great War ‘land operations’ D.S.M. group of five awarded to Petty Officer C. G. B. Barham, Royal Navy, who was decorated for services with Naval Siege Guns in France during the Great War

Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (J. 9079, C. G. B. Barham, A.B. Naval Siege Guns. France 1916); 1914-15 Star (J. 9079, C. G. B. Barham, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J. 9079 C. G. B. Barham. A.B. R.N.), BWM officially re-impressed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (J. 9079 C. G. B. Barham. P.O. H.M.S. Curacoa), heavily polished, generally good fine (5) £700-£900

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

Charles George Bremer Barham was born in Islington, London, on 20 August 1894, and was a milk boy before he engaged for naval service on 14 July 1910 as a Boy 2nd Class in H.M.S. Impregnable. On the outbreak of war he was serving in H.M.S. Bulwark, but served in France with the Naval Siege Guns from August 1916 to March 1918. Presented with his L.S. & G.C. on 17 October 1927, he was pensioned to shore on 19 August 1934.