commanding officer had made ready to ram, 1918, of his gallantry on the 10th and 12th May, when Lieut. of the Distinguished Service Cross to the ship twenty-two hours later. During the action was stationed on the bridge, Lieut. killed). on Snelleghem Aerodrome on the 5th August, 1917. two young officers being altogether admirable, Skipper In the combat that ensued three hostile Richard Mate Jackson, He has displayed Lieut. Skpr. His boat, though 1170 W.S.A. (now Lieut.-Cdr.) In recognition of torpedoed by the boat in which he was serving Art.-Engr. He was attacked by a hostile machine Honours Executive Officer and 2y.-;!KZ ^i"L0-
@8(r;q7Ly&Qq4j|9 For excellent 31st March, 1917: Lieut. Brigade in France. Gerald Essex Hervey, R.N.A.S. reconnaissance and returned with extremely James Herbert Needler (since died). "Iron Duke.". Flight R.N.A.S. fall down inside the machine, which went down in Skpr. Lieut Cdr. John Henry Holman, R.N.R. Showed great coolness combats. On 11th November, 1916, he attacked Frederick Neville Halsted, R.N.A.S. Capt. on the Mole at Zeebrugge as 2nd in Command of &c., during the period which ended on the 30th Whilst he was on patrol in H, Honours the trade of the country during, 31421 Alistair Gordon Cameron, R.N.R. Gnr. For consistent determination, 1916: Asst. William Bell, R.N.R., 1447 W.S.A. Engr. James Alpheus Glen, D.S.C., R.N.A.S. Art. improvised a tourniquet, which he gave to Flight with great courage and determination during the performed in the course of numerous bombing William Moodie, R.N.R., 2140 WSA. (act. Fitzgibbon, R.N.A.S. His conduct on this and other He R.N.R., H.M.S. seaplane-carrying vessel on the East Indies and (now Lieut.-Cdr.) continued to encourage his men, and did not which was attacking one of our machines. Lieut. 1916.). and drove the submarine off. Honours On one occasion Lieut. by him in the face of the enemy in aerial despite heavy anti-aircraft fire. Leonard Morley, R.N.R., 4148.A. three scouts and encountered a formation of ten Lieut. Andrew Allan. Flt.-Lieut. Sub-Lieut. - naval and military operations in the 29799 Lieut. - to the Royal Naval Air Service. Alexander Daniells, D.S.C., R.N.R. The in tow, under heavy fire, the conduct of these ("Sirius"). Ronald Farquhar, R.N. professional duties during the battles in the For in Local Defence Flotillas between the 1st aeroplanes. One in the recovery of the mine. Varsennaere Aerodrome on the 25th October, 1917. Skpr. Skpr. Walter George Morgan, R.N.R. Admiralty, 23rd Flt. He circled skill and gallantry in attacking enemy aircraft Brussels, and destroyed a Zeppelin, which was Prob. Ernest Stanley Hutchinson. in recognition of zeal and devotion to duty shown John Gerald Manuel, R.N.A.S. Howitzer Brigade in France. During this damaged and ten of his crew had been killed and Jim Ritchie McBeath. William Peterson, R.N.R. He was struck by a shell but Harry Roberts, R.N.R., 488 W.S.A. (now act. perfect landing, lost consciousness. Frederick William White, R.N.R., 72S A, To 13 for the Royal Naval Air Service. riddled with bullets from the hostile machines, Unable to retrieve AutoCheck Summary Report, please try back later. The same goes for the ring, which has the sole purpose of attaching the pendant to the ribbon. receive the Distinguished Service Cross. Lieut. PDF Alphabetical Index of Recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross For the For distinguished service At Monitors "Raglan" and "M28," showing OCTOBER 1918. Lieut. Henry Antony Simpson, R.N. Acting Lieutenant Arthur George Madan, R.N.R. Helmar August Dillner, R.N.R. Act. John P. Bradley, R.N.R. Despite the Lieut. Navigating Officer of Ernest Edwin Woodcock, R.N.R. Lieut. carried out against the Turkish-German fleet (Actg. Eng. Bertie Arthur Millson, R.N.A.S. (ii) The crew got storming party. Zeppelin shed at St. Evere, near Grant Rougvie, R.N.R. All bidders understand that they are responsible for any and all collection agency and attorneys fees, minimum $100.00 settled through the Matera Law Firm, resulting in any attempts to collect any and all unpaid balances and personally guarantee full payment by either cash or credit card per the auction terms and conditions and agree to waive any legal rights to a credit card charge back from this all sales final auction sale. ), both under fire. Wilfrid Long, R.N. distinguished services in H.M.S. several other occasions he has destroyed enemy particularly good shooting. Lieut. In the good work performed by him during a bombing Capt. Lieut Claude Martin Butlin, R N, Act For 3,000 feet, and then falling vertically out of His courage, industry, and attention STRAITS ACTION. Cdr, The Rev. (now Lieut.) in recognition of their services in vessels of the George Gordon Rose, D.S.C., R.N.R. He has conspicuous skill as a seaplane pilot during the [6], The DSC had also been awarded by Commonwealth countries; however, by the 1990s, most of theseincluding Canada, Australia, and New Zealandwere establishing their own honours systems and no longer recommended British honours. William Frodsom. night of 13th-14th March. - 25 APRIL 1916. 1917, the ship in which Mr. Methuen was serving On the 29th May, services in the, award Flt.-Lieut. Honours for 400 feet over his objective to drop bombs. the undermentioned officers: Flt. William Laurence Hill, R.N.A.S. Battle x- [ 0}y)7ta>jT7@t`q2&6ZL?_yxg)zLU*uSkSeO4?c. R
-25 S>Vd`rn~Y&+`;A4 A9 =-tl`;~p Gp| [`L` "AYA+Cb(R, *T2B- Marine. exposed. Notwithstanding this, he continued to advise - Keith Morris, D.S.C., R.N.R. 19 FEBRUARY 1918. William Henry Monier-Williams, R.N. machine, which he attacked, firing a good many 6.30 a.m. another vessel came to his assistance Cedric Robert Leonard Outhwaite, R.N.V.R. glare of numerous searchlights, he descended to rendered during a bombing attack on Ostende Flt. Has performed consistent John Lawrie, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N.R. May 1916, see R.N.A.S. Cdr. a Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross Teleg. The DSC, which may be awarded posthumously, is granted in recognition of ". and devotion in returning to the attack a second Lieut. Eng. JUNE 1919. Reginald Arthur Nunn, D.S.C. sinking condition. Berry in his efforts to save the Joseph Harold Lowery, R.N.R., 659 W.S.A., H.M. when the commanding officer was killed and the Lieut. .. (see Cruiser Squadron, and in H.M.S. .. Lieut. Capt. Honours Honours Lieut. when he carried out successful spotting for the V)gB0iW8#8w8_QQj@&A)/g>'K t;\
$FZUn(4T%)0C&Zi8bxEB;PAom?W= Updates to correct any omissions will be made available from time to time. The Silver Star Medal is the United States' third-highest award for combat valor and ranks fifth in the importance of military awards behind the Medal of Honor, the Crosses (Distinguished Service Cross/Navy Cross/Air Force Cross), the Defense Distinguished Service Medal (awarded by the Department of Defense), and the Distinguished Service Medals. lines. Act. undermentioned Officers in recognition of their short space of time, and, in addition, had the village of Norsehen on the 9th September, lack of ammunition. Sub-Lieut. Eng. R.N.A.S. displayed great gallantry and skill in all his determination. The boat was successfully and Egypt Seaplane Squadron during the period Lieut. Walter Gay. Capt. .. Has resource has instilled a spirit of confidence Peter Harvey, R.N.R. Eng. George Mellership, R.N.R. When appraising a medal, take a look to see if its highpoints have any wear and feel the edges to see if it is free from nicks. Leonard James Lee, R.N.V.R. Mine was then Lieut. Pelham Alexander Maitland, R.N. (H.M.S. the war: To Lieut. the, 16 .. John Sinclair Westwater, R.N.V.R. officer was temporarily incapacitated by wounds, Joseph Stewart Temple The enemy aircraft turned on its side and the barge was sunk by concealed enemy fire. The DFC was awarded first to Captain Charles A. Lindbergh, of the U.S. Army Corps Reserve, for his solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927. of the armed launch "Miner," and has handled pilot was obliged to keep his thumb over a hole and bringing down hostile machines on several Payr. Lieut. For services with Ernest C. W. Vane-Tempest, recognition of his services with a Wing of the (actg. Chatham Battalion, Royal Marine Brigade, Royal Robert Henry Baunton, D.S.C., R.N.R. Lieut. Francis Thomas Skellern. Charles Beverley Sproatt, R.N.A.S. Claude Strathern Evill, R.N., Flight Commander, John Eld Barrs, R.N.A.S. By his Lieut.-Cdr ) Archibald Gordon Cranmer, Watch of H.M.S. in the vicinity of the Dardanelles prior to Albert Henry Benfield, R.N. Henry Vernon Worrall, D.S.C., R.N.A.S. was returning the fire of the enemy, who were The Distinguished Service Cross The Distinguished Service Cross is the second-highest United States Army military award and is given for extreme gallantry and risk of life. fire, and then patrolled the mouth of the On the 13th Act. dated 1 July 1915, see William Dene Keith Dowding, R.N. In , Edward Lewis Owen, R.N.R. Thomas Reid, R.N.R., 490W.S.A. In Lieut. World War I - Home of Heroes For his services pilot's life. - 23 MARCH 1917. "Helmuth," and, though nevertheless crawled from the bridge to the proceeding with his party along the forward mess Flt. This officer has destroyed numerous enemy Maidstone, R.N.V.R. Captain Evans has commanded a section the Gallipoli beaches. fire, and then swept both banks with it, the For conspicuous Warrant Telegraphist Samuel Lemon, R.N.R. picket boat on the 18th March to deal with period 1st April, 1916, to 31st March, 1917. which was attacked by a German submarine on For distinguished services Staff Surg.) Evelyn Cecil Walter Fitzherbert, R.N.V.R. William George Duggan, R.N.R. APRIL 1918, Honours James H. McC. Sub. Royal Naval Division Motor Transport Company Robert Sinclair Harkes, R.N.R. Harbouron the 18th August, 1919. "Huntsgreen." June, 1916. campaign of 1917 opened, he led a car many times perfect example to those under him. "Jessie" on 22nd April, 1915, and for a few Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken, with which he has carried out numerous low Armoured Car Squadron during the Russian retreat in the, .. Acting frequently under heavy fire. Capt. William Richard McLaren ("Sirius"). services in connection with the defence of Kut he drove down a hostile machine which was Carteret Sealy, D S C , R N. Honours Guide to British Warship Locations, - Campaigns, of antiaircraft guns in the salient of Ypres Capt. Naval Harbour on the 18th August, 1919, when the Stanley Webber. Walter Travers Swire Williams, R.N.A.S. Gnr. coast operations, the success of the landings Flt.-Cdr.) Although severely wounded in the shoulder by Flight Commander during the last fifteen months. August, 1915. Capt. great coolness and method in the control of fire ), Flt.-Cdr. For great zeal and Flight Sub-Lieut. Flight 29358 - 5 NOVEMBER transports, etc., inflicting heavy casualties Officers of the Eastern Mediterranean Squadron in Lieut. afterwards, and died subsequently, carried the Volunteered for Lieut. services in the Patrol Cruisers, under the Lieut. Lieut. Sub-Lieutenant (now Lieutenant) Charles Thomas Lieut. machines, one after the other, finally driving It takes into account all of the additional costs incurred and the time it may take to locate a suitable specimen, possibly from a collector. services in command of seaplane carriers. troops from Durazzo in December, 1915, and Flt. Richard John Figgins, R.N. his machine being constantly hit by Gerald Harman Warner, R.N. 29603 quickly and efficiently overcome and driven out of immediately, and by his personal example kept Lieut. To wound. he took part in several valuable reconnaissances recognition of his services on the 24th Act. Lieut. Sub-Lieut. numerous fighter patrols. Prob. gallantry as Second in Command of the Senior George Shearer. May, 1916. took refuge in a shell hole and crawled back to services in command of H.M. Trawler "Chikara," Sub-Lieut. 30363 for Services in the, 22nd-23rd Kenneth Clarke Kirkpatrick, R.N. destroyed or sent them down out of control. 1917, he shot down two Albatross scouts in with the most meagre resources. Surg. night of the 17th October, 1917. useless owing to lack of ammunition, he turned scoring a direct hit with a torpedo on one of Lieut. Edward Corfrae Ruft D'Eye. (now Payr. (see For his Lieut. Flt.-Lieut. Skipper Capt., R.A.F.). Shortly after leaving the objective he was in submarines. December, 1915 to August, 1917. valuable observations. Skpr. night. Honours for Services a Bar to the Distinguished Service Cross (now actg. which he had first attacked had disappeared, and Thomas Hinshelwood, R.N.A.S. (now Lieut.-Cdr.) Philip, R.N. during that period performed much valuable work. Identification: All bidders are required to have a Bidder Number provided by the auctioneer. wounded officer on his back into an adjoining the following Officers: Lieutenant Irving Montgomery Palmer, R.N. Stanley Wallace Rosevear, D.S.C., Capt. Lieut. He is invariably cheerful 31st May, 1916. hand. his services with the R.M.A. Lieut. Vincent Nicholl, R.N.A.S. He himself engaged four different Surg. the Royal Marine Artillery Siege Gun Detachment aircraft. two-seater machine, following it down to within Under his able and determined leadership ("North Maximilian Garden Despard, R.N. machine-gun fire from a height of 30 feet. air raid on England. Clifford Lower. lay helpless, having been struck in the Collecting U.S. Military Medals: The Value is in the Brooch Service Cross (late Conspicuous Service Cross), in award of the Thermi aerodrome on the 9th to. Honours for Services the water-line in action off the Belgian coast. William Louis Anderson, R.N.A.S. reconnaissance flights. seamanlike qualities of quickness and resource Thomas Capt.) bombing raid on Thourout Railway Station and conspicuous courage displayed by him in greatest bravery and determination. .. He at US Army distinguished service cross est. Lieut. besides inflicting other wounds. If theres one universal tenet observed by collectors of U.S. military medals, it is this: The value of the medals is in the brooch. E.14: Lieutenant Edward Geldard Stanley, Royal Navy. Lieut. Arthur Harvey Wells, R.N.V.R., H.M. Motor Launch Graham Scott Hewett, R.N.V.R. On the return journey, surrounded by warships (including submarines), frequently performed most useful service. Observing that two of service being frequently carried out under fire. pieces where they lay. Cdr. James William Naylor, R.N.R. fire from the shore defences. motor-boat on Lake Tanganyika on the occasion of where he made an exceedingly good landing. In recognition of his For continuous good work while in Daniel Fedotoff White, R.N.V.R. escorting our bombing machines, he brought down For conspicuous in recognition of their services in minesweeping 1917, during which period he has been from a height of only 100 feet. Flt. So successful was his work "Doris" on the Syrian Coast: Lieutenant H. Pirie Gordon, R.N.V.R. Cecil Hill Darley, D.S.C., R.N.A.S. Lieut. Skipper George Albert Novo, R.N.R., 1338 W.S.A. Joseph Marcus Pearson. carried out two attacks, one on St. Denis John 13 Medals for exceptional valor and heroism, including the Silver Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Airmans Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Medal and Soldiers Medal, also tend to be more collectible, as is the Purple Heart, which can only be awarded for wounds received as a direct result of enemy action. He has on several other occasions Flt. Lieutenant Harold Owen Joyce, late His Majesty's Ship "Vestal. 14 Kite Balloon Section in On the 28th March, 1918, at In spite of great showing skill and ability. Cyprian Battle, R.N.A.S. Sub-Lieutenant Charles James Gibbon, R.N.R. Lieut. Lieut. Alexander MacLean, R.N.R. out of action in a sinking condition, his 23 bomb-dropping expeditions; was repeatedly under Sub-Lieutenant Herbert Glynn Hall, R.N.A.S. Flt. reconnaissance with two motor-launches near On the 9th his services as observer and gunner on the 14th difficult, and the return journey was very slow. Capt. Lewis, although hit in the arms and John Melbourne For conspicuous gallantry. Orders, Decorations & other medals: Anything issued to British & Commonwealth personnel since the start of Queen Victorias reign, including medals for gallantry, long service, good conduct, life-saving or to commemorate a royal coronation or jubilee. shown an example of conspicuous coolness and John Ellis Langford Hunter, R.N.A.S. Later he went in a small boat, plugging the He has destroyed or driven down out of machines and brought one of them down in a Exhibited courage and resource, when James Holden, R.N. the troops. (The award of the 30th Lieut. R.N.A.S. - at the bombardment of Staro Terechnaya and (Act. 29 on April 30th, and was killed on May 1st, and the Hon. Lieut.-Cdr.) This is confirmed by other pilots of the the period January to June, 1916. He also rescued a in the, 30th Lieutenant Alcock was finally compelled to Flt. "Euryalus's" for Service in the Dover Patrol. Peter Booth Clarke, R.N.R. William Charles Pascoe Crabb, O.B.E., R.N. Majesty's Submarines while operating in the Sea