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A rare Great War Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W....
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A rare Great War Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W. Wallace, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Petty Officer on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (211130 W. Wallace, P.O. R.N. Bde:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (211130. W. Wallace, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Fox); 1914 Star (211130. W. Wallace, P.O. Nelson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. Wallace. R.N.) the British War Medal renamed; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I, mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine
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Just seven D.S.M.s were awarded to the Royal Naval Brigade for Antwerp.
D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1915: ‘For the operations around Antwerp from the 3rd to the 9th October 1914.’
Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 September 1921.
William Wallace was born in West Hyde, Hertfordshire on 29 July 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1900.
By the outbreak of war, he was serving as a Petty Officer at the shore establishment Vivid, from which he was deployed to the defence of Antwerp in October 1914, on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade. Subsequently mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 December 1914, refers) and awarded the D.S.M. for having ‘rendered good service’, he was also appointed a Gunner, R.N. on 1 January 1915.
Wallace went on to serve in the torpedo boat destroyer T.B. 104 in March-October 1915 and in H.M.S. Ostrich from the latter month until March 1920. Having then been appointed a Commissioned Gunner in August 1924, he was placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant at his own request in August 1931.
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (211130 W. Wallace, P.O. R.N. Bde:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (211130. W. Wallace, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Fox); 1914 Star (211130. W. Wallace, P.O. Nelson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. Wallace. R.N.) the British War Medal renamed; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I, mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Just seven D.S.M.s were awarded to the Royal Naval Brigade for Antwerp.
D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1915: ‘For the operations around Antwerp from the 3rd to the 9th October 1914.’
Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 September 1921.
William Wallace was born in West Hyde, Hertfordshire on 29 July 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1900.
By the outbreak of war, he was serving as a Petty Officer at the shore establishment Vivid, from which he was deployed to the defence of Antwerp in October 1914, on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade. Subsequently mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 December 1914, refers) and awarded the D.S.M. for having ‘rendered good service’, he was also appointed a Gunner, R.N. on 1 January 1915.
Wallace went on to serve in the torpedo boat destroyer T.B. 104 in March-October 1915 and in H.M.S. Ostrich from the latter month until March 1920. Having then been appointed a Commissioned Gunner in August 1924, he was placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant at his own request in August 1931.
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A rare Great War Antwerp 1914 operations D.S.M. group of six awarded to Lieutenant W. Wallace, Royal Navy, who was decorated for his gallant deeds as a Petty Officer on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (211130 W. Wallace, P.O. R.N. Bde:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (211130. W. Wallace, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Fox); 1914 Star (211130. W. Wallace, P.O. Nelson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. Wallace. R.N.) the British War Medal renamed; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I, mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Just seven D.S.M.s were awarded to the Royal Naval Brigade for Antwerp.
D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1915: ‘For the operations around Antwerp from the 3rd to the 9th October 1914.’
Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 September 1921.
William Wallace was born in West Hyde, Hertfordshire on 29 July 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1900.
By the outbreak of war, he was serving as a Petty Officer at the shore establishment Vivid, from which he was deployed to the defence of Antwerp in October 1914, on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade. Subsequently mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 December 1914, refers) and awarded the D.S.M. for having ‘rendered good service’, he was also appointed a Gunner, R.N. on 1 January 1915.
Wallace went on to serve in the torpedo boat destroyer T.B. 104 in March-October 1915 and in H.M.S. Ostrich from the latter month until March 1920. Having then been appointed a Commissioned Gunner in August 1924, he was placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant at his own request in August 1931.
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (211130 W. Wallace, P.O. R.N. Bde:); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-14 (211130. W. Wallace, Lg. Sean., H.M.S. Fox); 1914 Star (211130. W. Wallace, P.O. Nelson Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (Gnr. W. Wallace. R.N.) the British War Medal renamed; Belgium, Croix de Guerre, A.I, mounted as worn, polished, nearly very fine
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Importation Duty
This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK
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Just seven D.S.M.s were awarded to the Royal Naval Brigade for Antwerp.
D.S.M. London Gazette 1 January 1915: ‘For the operations around Antwerp from the 3rd to the 9th October 1914.’
Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 2 September 1921.
William Wallace was born in West Hyde, Hertfordshire on 29 July 1884 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in August 1900.
By the outbreak of war, he was serving as a Petty Officer at the shore establishment Vivid, from which he was deployed to the defence of Antwerp in October 1914, on attachment to Nelson Battalion in the Royal Naval Brigade. Subsequently mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 5 December 1914, refers) and awarded the D.S.M. for having ‘rendered good service’, he was also appointed a Gunner, R.N. on 1 January 1915.
Wallace went on to serve in the torpedo boat destroyer T.B. 104 in March-October 1915 and in H.M.S. Ostrich from the latter month until March 1920. Having then been appointed a Commissioned Gunner in August 1924, he was placed on the Retired List as a Lieutenant at his own request in August 1931.
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