WW1 / WW2 Royal Navy Officer’s Group of Eight Medals.
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WW1 / WW2 Royal Navy Officer’s Group of Eight Medals.
Awarded to Lieutenant Commander William Charles Baker Rick. Comprising: 1914/15 Star, “236908 W.C.B. RICH P.O. RN”, “British War Medal, Victory Medal, “MTE R.N.”, 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, clasp “North Africa 1942-43”, France & Germany Star, Defence Medal, War Medal. Medals mounted as originally worn.
Lieutenant Commander William Charles Baker Rick was born in 1890 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy in 1906. He served on HMS Challenger from July 1914 to 30th December 1915. During this period the ship saw action in the Bristol Channel and West Africa. Promoted to Gunner and then Mate on the 11th December 1917. He served later in TB108 and then transferred to Destroyers. He was promoted to the rank of Lt Commander in 1928 and during WW2 served at various postings including Boom Defence Alexandria, his last posting in 1946 at HMS Rooke, Boom Defence Rosyth. He died in April 1987.
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