Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Cooper First Class W. E. Pearce, Royal Navy

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. E. Pearce, Cooper., H.M.S. Gibraltar.); 1914-15 Star (157073, W. E. Pearce, Cpr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (157073 W. E. Pearce. Cpr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (157073 W. E. Pearce, Cooper, H.M.S. Victory.) mounted court-style for display, good very fine (5) £240-£280

William Edward Pearce was born in Bristol on 3 November 1869 and joined the Royal Navy as a Cooper on 8 September 1890. He served in H.M.S. Gibraltar from 5 March 1901 to 17 June 1904, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 26 April 1909. He served in a variety of ships and shore-based establishments during the Great War, and was promoted Cooper First Class on 1 October 1918. He was shore demobilised from H.M.S. Research on 15 May 1919.

Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.