Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer C. B. Waters, Royal Navy

East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (175114 A-B: C. B. Waters, H.M.S. Fox) suspension slack; British War and Victory Medals (175114 C. B. Waters. P.O. R.N.) ; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (175114 C. B. Waters, P.O., H.M.S. Cochrane.) generally very fine or better (4) £260-£300

Approximately 87 ‘Sierra Leone’ clasps to H.M.S. Fox.

Charles Bennett Waters was born in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire in January 1878. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1893, and advanced to Able Seaman in December 1896. Waters served with H.M.S. Fox, April 1896 - July 1899, and advanced to Petty Officer 2nd Class in September 1904. Subsequent service included with H.M.S. Queen Mary, 4 September 1913 - 12 September 1914, and H.M.S. Vivid I, 13 September 1914 - 7 October 1914. Waters was ‘Invalided’ on the latter date.