Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1900, no clasp (R. Crowle, Sto., H.M.S. Isis.) suspension claw re-pinned, nearly very fine £160-£200

Robert Henry Crowle was born in Woolston, Hampshire, on 17 February 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as Stoker 2nd Class on 4 September 1899. The recipient’s entry in The National Roll of the Great War, adds:

‘Chief Petty Officer, R.N. Throughout the war was engaged on important patrol duties in H.M. T.B.D. Orford in various waters. He holds the China Medal, the 1914-15 Star, and the General Service, Victory, and Long Service, and Good Conduct Medals, and was still in the navy in 1920. 4, Compton Walk, Southampton.’

Sold with copied Service Record which notes that Crowle was shore pensioned on 20 September 1921.