Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Petty Officer 1st Class A. Sparks, Royal Navy and H.M. Coast Guard

1914-15 Star (117124. A. Sparks. P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (117124 A. Sparks. P.O.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (Alfred Sparks, Commd. Boatn. H.M. Coast Guard.) the BWM erroneously impressed ‘P.O.12 R.N.’, very fine (4) £100-£140

Alfred Sparks was born in Wandsworth, Surrey, on 17 April 1866, and joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class on 26 August 1881. Advanced Able Seaman in H.M.S. Northumberland 18 December 1884, and Leading Seaman aboard H.M.S. Nile 1 October 1891, he transferred to Her Majesty’s Coastguard as Boatman at Stubbington (Newhaven) 10 November 1894. Appointed to Southern Division, he served as Commissioned Boatman at Worthing, Weymouth and Hastings, and was awarded the Royal Navy L.S. & G.C. Medal on 12 July 1899.

Returned to the service of the Royal Navy during the Great War, Sparks served aboard the armed boarding steamer H.M.S. City of Belfast as Petty Officer 1st Class from 19 November 1914 to 22 September 1917. Transferred to Portsmouth, he was demobilised on 20 March 1919.

Sold with copied Service Record.