Naval Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. EDVII issue (268536 Alfred Gilbert, C.E.R.A.1Cl, H.M.S. Tamar.)

The recipient held the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer, 1st Class

Medal(s) verification: The Naval LSGC confirmed as entitled per recipients referenced service sheet, and the recipient additionally awarded a 1914-14 Star trio:

- 1914-15 Star: ADM 171/103
- British War Medal (Silver issue): Ref ADM 171/103
- Interallied Victory Medal: Ref ADM 171/103
- Naval LS&GC Medal: Medal 'Traced' 10/10/1910 (recipients extant service sheet ref ADM 188/430)

Alfred Gilbert, was a native of Plymouth, Devon, England, where he was born on 26 February 1874. Prior to joining the Royal Navy he had been employed as a 'Fitter'. Alfred joined the Royal Navy on 11 July 1895 for an initial 12 years engagement. He was posted to H.M.S. Vivid II for training, and rated E.R.A. 4th Class. Between November 1895 through April 1906, he served on several ships, including battleships, cruisers and a torpedo gunboat. In May 1906 he was assigned as a member of the teaching staff at the Royal Naval College Dartmouth. Alfred served in with the China Fleet at Hong Kong Colony, H.M.S. Tamar, from 23 September 1907 - 10 October 1910 (on which later date his Naval LSGC was recorded as being awarded in his service sheet 

Alfred served aboard HMS Carnarvon from March 1912 until April 1914. This ship was one of six Devonshire-class armoured cruisers built for the Royal Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. In July 1914, Alfred transferred to the cruiser HMS Foresight. At the start of the First World War, HMS Foresight was assigned to the Dover Patrol, then the 8th Destroyer Flotilla, still at Dover. She took part in the operations off the Flanders coast during October 1914 that helped to protect the Allied flank during the battle of the Yser. In May 1915 she was temporarily transferred to the 6th Light Cruiser Squadron on the Humber, guarding against Zeppelin raids on the east coast. In 1915 she served in the Mediterranean and in July 1916 in the Aegean with her sister ship HMS Forward until the end of the war. In November 1916, she assisted the wounded survivors of HMHS Britannic. In April 1918, he returned to HMS Vivid until August 1918, when he transferred to HMS Wallington, an auxiliary patrol boat depot, headquarters in Immingham, near Grimsby on the Humber. In October 1919, he joined the cruiser HMS Hermione, HQ for motor launches, before returning to HMS Vivid in November 1919 where he remained until pensioned in January 1920

H.M.S. Tamar was the Royal Navy base at Hong Kong Colony, 1897-1997. It was at Hong Kong that the Royal Navy maintained their headquarters for the China Station. Established in 1865, the area of responsibility for the China Station was the coast of China, and it's navigable rivers, the Eastern waters of the Pacific Ocean and the seas around Borneo, the Malay States & Straits settlements. The China Station comprised naval bases at Singapore (Singapore Naval Base), HMS Tamar (1865–41 & 1945-97) in Hong Kong, and Wei Hai Wei (at Liugong Island) (1898–40). The China Station complement usually consisted of several older light cruisers and destroyers, and the Chinese rivers were patrolled by a flotilla of suitable, shallow-draught gunboats, referred to as 'China Gunboats'

Sold together with soft-copy of  the recipients 'service sheets'

Condition: About EF

Code: 25442