Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Engineer Lieutenant C. T. A. Lacey, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Art. Eng. C. T. A. Lacey. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Ch. Art. Eng. C. T. A. Lacey. R.N.) good very fine

Three: Acting Leading Seaman J. Moore, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
1914-15 Star (C.Z.4056, J. Moore. A.B. R.N.V.R.); British War and Victory Medals (C.Z.4056, J. Moore. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.), in named card box of issue, extremely fine (6) £100-£140

Charles Thomas Austin Lacey, from Swindon, Wiltshire, was born in Bristol on 24 December 1873. He attested into the Royal Navy on 22 October 1896 and was confirmed as Engine Room Artificer 4th Class on 7 February 1898. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Amphitrite before joining H.M.S. Prince George for service in the Dardenelles, including supporting the ANZAC landings at Suvla Bay in August 1915, and the allied evacuation the following December. Further transferring to H.M.S. Skipjack he was advanced Chief Artificer Engineer on 1 October 1917 and retired on 30 May 1921 in the rank of Engineer Lieutenant. He died in Exeter, Devon, aged 76, in 1951.

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John Moore, a miner from Holytown, Lanarkshire, was born on 10 September 1916. He attested into the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 24 April 1915 for service during the Great War and was advanced Able Seaman on 18 August 1915 before serving in H.M.S. Indomitable from 20 August 1915 to 31 July 1917. Demobilised to shore on 8 April 1919 he subsequently attested into the Cameron Highlanders for seven years with the Colours, and five in the Reserve, on 21 September 1920, with Regimental No. 2923286.

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