Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Commander C. H. Bouch, Royal Naval Reserve, who was mentioned in despatches following an engagement with a German submarine in the North Sea in 1918

1914-15 Star (Lt. Commr. C. H. Bouch, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals with small M.I.D. oak leaves (Commr. C. H. Bouch. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve Decoration, G.V.R., hallmarks for London 1920, good very fine (4) £160-£200

M.I.D. London Gazette 11 April 1918.
The original recommendation by the Commander-in-Chief, Lowestoft, states: ‘For long and continued good service whilst in command of H.M. Yacht Ellida and action with enemy submarine on 27th July 1918.’

Charles Henry Bouch was born in North Burton, Yorkshire, on 3 April 1873. Appointed to a commission as Sub Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve on April 1903, he was promoted Lieutenant on 10 March 1905 and Lieutenant Commander on 10 March 1913. He was subsequently appointed Skipper of H.M.Y. Ellida on 15 October 1915 and was later Mentioned in Despatches for services in the Auxiliary Patrol (Drifters, Trawlers and Yachts) between 1 July and 11 November,1918. Retired in the rank of Commander on 1 July 1919, Bouch later set up in business as a corn merchant. Recorded in 1939 as a resident of Deal in Kent, he died at Canterbury Hospital on 27 October 1958.

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