Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Able Seaman T. Schofield, Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was interned during the Great War at Groningen, Holland
British War and Victory Medals (K.W. 915 T. Schofield. A.B. R.N.V.R.) good very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (3) (S-S-106368 E. W. Hale. Sto.1 R.N.; L.9-2881 B. G. Palmer. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.; L.1-3603 G. Drage. A.B. R.N.V.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (S.S. 102068 W. Davies. Sto. 1 R.N.) generally very fine and better (6) £120-£160

Thomas Schofield was born at Wakefield, Yorkshire, on 28 January 1872 and attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry on 29 August 1914, having previously served for 12 years with the Coldstream Guards. Transferring to the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 8 September 1914, he served during the Great War with the Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was interned in Holland in 1914. Held at Groningen, he is mentioned in The Camp magazine. Repatriated at the end of the War, he was shore demobilised on 1 February 1919.

Ernest Webber Hale was born at Chalford, Gloucestershire, on 18 April 1888 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 10 January 1908. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 5 January 1913, he served during the Great War with the Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was interned in Holland in 1914. Repatriated at the end of the War, he was shore demobilised on 24 February 1919.

Bernard Griffith Palmer was born on 14 May 1890 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 20 February 1913, having previously served for 4 years with the Territorial Force. He served during the Great War with the Hawke Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was captured and taken Prisoner of War at the fall of Antwerp in 1914. He was held at the Gefangenenlager (P.O.W. camp) at Döberitz, Germany.

George Albert Drage was born in Enfield, Middlesex, on 19 May 1899 and joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 22 August 1914. He served during the Great War with the Benbow Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was interned in Holland in 1914. Held at Groningen, he is mentioned in The Camp magazine for his various theatrical roles. Repatriated at the end of the War, he was shore demobilised on 2 February 1919.

Walter Davies was born at Dulwich, London, on 3 October 1887 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 16 January 1906. Transferring to the Royal Fleet Reserve on 17 January 1911, he served during the Great War with the Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was interned in Holland in 1914. Repatriated at the end of the War, he was shore demobilised on 25 July 1919.

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