Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Stoker A. W. M. Maddock, Royal Navy

British War Medal 1914-20 (153099 A. W. M. Maddock. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (A. W. M. Maddock, Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Ariadne.) very fine and better (2) £80-£100

Alfred William Miles Maddock was born on 25 December 1870, at Plympton, Devon. He commenced naval service as a Stoker Second Class in H.M.S. Indus, on 16 January 1890. He was advanced to Stoker, H.M.S. Aurora, on 1 August 1891, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Narcissus, H.M.S. Endymion, H.M.S. Rainbow and H.M.S. Cambridge. He transferred to the R.N. Coastguard service as Boatman, in about 1899, serving in Burton Port, the Mouth of Boyne, and principally on stations in the north of Ireland. He reverted to service in H.M.S. Vivid as Leading Stoker, and then as Chief Stoker on 2 August 1914, and served during the Great War in H.M.S. Impregnable and H.M.S. Onyx. He was demobilized in September 1919. The British War Medal is his sole medal entitlement for his service in the Great War.