Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Chief Stoker W. C. Harber, Royal Navy
Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (K.62213 W. C. Harber. Ch. Sto. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K.62213 W. C. Harber. Ch. Sto. H.M.S. Sussex.) light contact marks, nearly very fine

Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (K.2539 H. Maggs, Sean. 2Cl., R.N.R.) good very fine (3) £100-£140

Walter Charles Harber was born in Bermondsey, London, on 22 November 1901 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker Second Class on 9 August 1923. He was posted to H.M.S. Sussex on 25 July 1934, and was advanced Chief Stoker on 12 August 1934, being awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 15 August 1936. He saw further service in pre-War Palestine in H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, and was shore pensioned from H.M.S. Warspite on 20 June 1942.