Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Leading Seaman H. A. Catchpole, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star (A.4859, H. A. Catchpole, Smn. R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (4859 A. H. A. Catchpole L.S. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4809C H. A. Catchpole L.S. R.N.R.) contact marks, very fine and better (4) £80-£100

Harry Arthur Catchpole was born on 12 September 1892, at Ormesby, Norfolk, and first engaged in the Royal Naval Reserve on 11 January 1913. He attended annual trainings and was nominally based at ‘C’ Depot, H.M.S. Implacable. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Pembroke, being mobilised for war service on 3 August 1914, and demobilised as Leading Seaman, on 10 May 1919. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 23 August 1924. He re-enrolled at Grimsby for a further period of engagement in the R.N.R. on 14 January 1928, being re-numbered X1051, and continued in service satisfying his Reserve training obligation at Grimsby and Yarmouth until at least 1937.