Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Petty Officer C. H. Wollacott, Royal Navy, who later served in the Coast Guard Service

British War Medal 1914-20 (148436 C. H. Wollacott. P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (148436 C. H. Wollacott, Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.) light surface marks, good very fine (2) £100-£140

Charles Henry Wollacott was born on 25 September 1873, at Babbacombe, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable, on 3 April 1889. He then served in H.M.S. Black Prince, H.M.S. Ruby, and H.M.S. Assaye, until he was advanced to Ordinary Seaman, on 25 September 1891. He was advanced to Leading Seaman, H.M.S. Hazard, on 19 August 1897, and Petty Officer Second Class in H.M.S. Isis on 5 February 1900. He was further advanced to Petty Officer First Class in H.M.S. Cambridge, on 23 October 1900. He transferred to the Coast Guard, in December 1900, being posted to Lyme Regis. He had subsequent appointments at various Coast Guard Stations, including Bournemouth and Port Erin, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1906. He was appointed Leading Boatman, 1 April 1910, and Petty Officer, Coast Guard, on 12 September 1917. He was formally appointed to the New Coast Guard Force on 1 May 1919. He is confirmed on the medal roll as having received only the British War Medal for his service in the Great War.