Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Stoker First Class E. B. Langley, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve

1914-15 Star (SS. 112653, E. B. Langley, Sto. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (SS.112653 E. B. Langley. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (SS. 112653 (Dev. B. 11644) E. B. Langley Sto. 1. R.F.R.) minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £80-£100

Ernest Burnett Langley was born on 14 November 1893, at Clerkenwell, London. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Pembroke II, on 6 August 1912, and was advanced to Stoker First Class, H.M.S. St George on 2 December 1913. During the Great War he served in several ships including H.M.S. Marlborough, H.M.S. Tyne, H.M.S. Zinnia, H.M.S. Colleen, H.M.S. Leander (Albacore), H.M.S. Dido (Sharpshooter) and H.M.S. Apollo (Lennox). He left the service in March 1919, but joined the Royal Fleet Reserve the same month, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1927. During the Second World War he is recorded as a member of the Auxiliary Fire Service and was residing in Plympton, Devon. He died in Plymouth in 1969.