Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Second War D.S.M. group of eight awarded to Chief Engineman A. M. Garden, Royal Naval Reserve

Distinguished Service Medal, G.VI.R. (E.U. 246 A. McK. Garden. Ch. Engn. R.N.R.); 1914-15 Star (E.S. 2017, A. Garden, Engn., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (2017 E.S. A. Garden. Engn. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; War Medal 1939-45; Royal Naval Reserve, G.VI.R., 1st issue (246 E.U. A. McK. Garden. Ch. Engn. R.N.R.), very fine or better (8) £800-£1,200

D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1941:
‘For outstanding zeal, patience and cheerfulness, and for never failing to set an example of wholehearted devotion to duty, without which the high tradition of the Royal Navy could not have been upheld.’

Alexander McKay Garden was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, on 6 March 1894, and served in the Royal Naval Reserve throughout the Great War and Second World War.