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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 176

A Well Documented Campaign Group of Six to Chief Petty Officer G.W. Charles, Royal Navy, Wounded During the Relief of Pekin, 29.6.1900
China 1900, one clasp, Relief of Pekin (G.W. Charles, P.O. 1 Cl., H.M.S. Endymion.); 1914-15 Star (129795. G.W. Charles. C.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (129795 G.W. Charles. C.P.O. R.N.); Naval Long Service & G.C., V.R. (G.W. Charles, P.O. 1.Cl., H.M.S. Endymion.); Italy, Kingdom, Royal Household Memorial Medal, V.E.III.R., silver, light contact marks to Victorian medals, otherwise generally nearly extremely fine, together with the following related items:
- Named card box of issue for the 1914-15 Star
- The recipient's Parchment Certificate of Service, and subsequent Conduct Sheet
- Mentioned in Despatches Certificate, named to C.P.O. George Walter Charles, and dated 27.6.1917
- Copy of the London Gazette listing the recipient's M.I.D., with accompanying Admiralty letter, dated 18.6.1918
- Six letters of recommendation concerning the recipient, three in original envelopes
- Portrait photograph of the recipient (6)

129795 Chief Petty Officer George Walter Charles, born West Lulworth, Dorset, July 1869; enlisted in the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class, January 1885; advanced Ordinary Seaman, July 1887; promoted Able Seaman, October 1887; Leading Seaman, November 1894; Petty Officer 1st Class, August 1897; posted to H.M.S. Endymion, June 1899; served during the Third China War, landed with the Naval Brigade in North China, 10.6.1900, and was wounded in action by a bullet wound to the left calf, 29.6.1900; awarded Naval L.S. & G.C., 27.10.1902; promoted Chief Petty Officer, October 1905; served during the Great War, in H.M.S. Victorious, 11-30.9.1914; H.M.S. Columbine, 1.10.1914- 30.4.1916; and H.M.S. Gunner, 1.5.1916- 6.12.1918; awarded hurt certificate, owing to a fracture of the rib, 31.1.1915; and Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 27.6.1917); discharged, 5.7.1919.

For the medals to his father, Commissioned Boatman J. Charles, see Lot 162

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