Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Motor Mechanician C. Moule, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (M.B.2834 C. Moule. C.M.M. R.N.V.R.) very fine

Pair: Able Seaman C. H. Dyer, Nelson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (R.1294 C. H. Dyer. A.B. R.N.V.R.) good very fine

Pair: Able Seaman J. P. Lewis, Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (L.Z. 5256 J. P. Lewis. A.B. R.N.V.R.); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘R.N.40498’, good very fine

Pair: Signaller W. Reeves, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
British War and Victory Medals (B.Z. 10276 W. Reeves. Sig. R.N.V.R.) good very fine (8) £100-£140

Charles Moule was born on 13 October 1888 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for hostilities only, on 11 June 1918. He commenced naval service as a Chief Motor Mechanician in H.M.S. Hermione, the guard ship at Southampton that served as the depot ship for motor launches and coastal motor boats, on 11 June 1918, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Vanessa II. He was shore demobilised on 21 February 1919.

Charles Henry Dyer, a native of Chippenham, Wiltshire, was born on 29 May 1880 and enlisted into the Army Reserve on 10 December 1915, but was called up to serve in the Royal Naval Division on 16 April 1917. He joined the 4th Reserve Battalion, R.N.D., at Bedford on 16 April 1917, and was posted to the Nelson Battalion, R.N.D. on 9 July 1917. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 9 July 1917 and, serving with the British Expeditionary Force, was hospitalised on a couple of occasions. He was discharged on 30 March 1919.

John Penry Lewis was born on 17 September 1889 and joined the Royal Naval Voluntary Reserve on 19 January 1916. He served in the Royal Naval Division (Pembroke) and was advanced to Able Seaman, on 25 August 1918. He subsequently served with the Drake Battalion, R.N.D., as part of the British Expeditionary Force, and suffered from the effects of gas shell on 13 March 1918, being admitted to No. 3 General Hospital at Etaples. He rejoined the R.N.D. Base Depot on in May 1918, and was again wounded (shell shock) on 27 May 1918. He was invalided (neurasthenia) on 18 June 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge No. R.N.40498.

William Reeves was born in South Leicester on 29 April 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, for hostilities only, on 21 May 1917, as Ordinary Signaller in H.M.S. Victory VI. He was appointed to H.M.S. Vivid II, in September 1917, and was advanced to Signaller on 5 October 1917. He was shore demobilised on 31 January 1919.