Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Eight: Sub Lieutenant R. C. G. Waller, Royal Naval Reserve

1914-15 Star (Mid. R. C. G. Waller, R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medals (S.Lt. R. C. G. Waller. R.N.R.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Pacific Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor patches of staining to VM, generally very fine (8) £80-£100

Reginald Charles Grisbrook Waller, an insurance clerk, was born in Kensington on 25 July 1898, the son of Edwin Grisbrook Waller, who fought during the Boer War as Private, 52nd Company, Imperial Yeomanry. Appointed to the training ship H.M.S. Conway in 1912, Waller served as Temporary Midshipman in the Royal Naval Reserve from 30 November 1914. Posted to the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Patia, he spent much of the Great War assigned to the Northern Patrol force. Advanced Temporary Acting Sub-Lieutenant 25 July 1918, he was demobilised on 22 March 1919.