Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class S. W. G. Herbert, Royal Navy, who served in submarines in the Great War and was recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal, but was instead Mentioned in Despatches in 1917

1914-15 Star (M.1149, S. W. G. Herbert, E.R.A. 3., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (M.1149 S. W. G. Herbert C.E.R.A. 2. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.1149 S. W. G. Herbert. C.E.R.A. 1 H.M.S. Vivid.) minor official correction to last, mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £140-£180

M.I.D. London Gazette 2 November 1917.

Samuel William George Herbert was born on 30 January 1886, at Swindon, Wiltshire, and commenced his naval service as an Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class in H.M.S. Vivid II on 31 August 1909. He was posted to H.M.S. Dolphin for service in Submarines on 26 May 1915, and spent the rest of the Great War serving in H.M. Submarines D8, J2, L6, G13 and later, K6. His name appears on an Admiralty list of Ratings recommended for recognition ‘For long and arduous service and successful action with enemy armed vessels’; in which it appears that he was recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal, but which was downgraded to a ‘Mention’. He was Mentioned in Despatches, in a list of Honours for Service in Submarines, in enemy waters. He was advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class in H.M.S. Cyclops on 1 July 1923, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1924. He was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Furious on 30 August 1931.