Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Air Mechanic Second Class C. West, Royal Naval Air Service, late Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, later Chief Fire Officer, Filey, Yorkshire

1914-15 Star (L.Z. 2586 C. West. A.B. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (F.46735 C. West. A.M.2. R.N.A.S.); National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with ‘Ten Years’ clasp, the edge officially numbered ‘12961’ and additionally engraved ‘Charles West’, the reverse engraved ‘Hayes & Harlington U.D. Council Fire Brigade’; Association of Professional Fire Brigade Officers Long Service Medal, silver (Chief Fire Officer C. West. Filey. 27:10:47.); together with Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Presented to Primo Charles West 5.6.1925.’, with Middlesex Shield on riband, and top ‘St. Margaret’s Lodge No. 165’ suspension bar, nearly very fine and better (6) £140-£180

Charles West was born in London on 9 September 1897 and enlisted in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 3 July 1915. He transferred to the Royal Naval Air Service on 16 January 1918.