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The mounted group of six miniature dress medals worn by Captain A. St. V. Keyes, Royal...
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The mounted group of six miniature dress medals worn by Captain A. St. V. Keyes, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, minor blue enamel damage to top arm of CBE, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Christie’s, April 1991 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards). C.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1919: ‘For valuable services on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth’. D.S.O. London Gazette 16 August 1915: ‘In recognition of services as mentioned in the foregoing Despatch... Lieutenant Commander Keyes showed great coolness, gallantry and ability. The success of the landing on “Y” beach was largely due to his good services. When circumstances compelled the force landed there to re-embark this officer showed exceptional resource and leadership in successfully conducting that difficult operation.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 16 August 1915 and 14 March 1916 Adrian St. Vincent Keyes was born in 1882, the brother of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, entered the Royal Navy in 1896 and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant in 1901. Promoted Lieutenant in 1902, he specialised in submarines from 1903, and retired as a Lieutenant in 1912. Appointed to Shearwater I, Royal Canadian Navy, as Commander, Submarine Flotilla, on 6 August 1914, he served in naval charge of the landing at “Y” Beach, Gallipoli, on 25-26 April 1915, and was Mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch (as quoted above). Keyes subsequently served as Commander of Q-Ship 26 (S.S. Mavis), which was torpedoed in June 1917, before being posted to command Devonport’s ‘Hunting Flotilla’ from 1917-18, during which time all submarine hunting was organised on a local basis. Advanced Acting Captain on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, in 1919, for his services during the Great War he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He died in 1926.
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The mounted group of six miniature dress medals worn by Captain A. St. V. Keyes, Royal Navy The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Military) Commander’s 1st type badge, gilt and enamel; Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1911, mounted as worn, minor blue enamel damage to top arm of CBE, good very fine (6) £200-£240 --- Provenance: Christie’s, April 1991 (when sold alongside the recipient’s full-sized awards). C.B.E. London Gazette 11 June 1919: ‘For valuable services on the Staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth’. D.S.O. London Gazette 16 August 1915: ‘In recognition of services as mentioned in the foregoing Despatch... Lieutenant Commander Keyes showed great coolness, gallantry and ability. The success of the landing on “Y” beach was largely due to his good services. When circumstances compelled the force landed there to re-embark this officer showed exceptional resource and leadership in successfully conducting that difficult operation.’ M.I.D. London Gazettes 16 August 1915 and 14 March 1916 Adrian St. Vincent Keyes was born in 1882, the brother of Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, entered the Royal Navy in 1896 and was commissioned Sub Lieutenant in 1901. Promoted Lieutenant in 1902, he specialised in submarines from 1903, and retired as a Lieutenant in 1912. Appointed to Shearwater I, Royal Canadian Navy, as Commander, Submarine Flotilla, on 6 August 1914, he served in naval charge of the landing at “Y” Beach, Gallipoli, on 25-26 April 1915, and was Mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's Despatch (as quoted above). Keyes subsequently served as Commander of Q-Ship 26 (S.S. Mavis), which was torpedoed in June 1917, before being posted to command Devonport’s ‘Hunting Flotilla’ from 1917-18, during which time all submarine hunting was organised on a local basis. Advanced Acting Captain on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, in 1919, for his services during the Great War he was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. He died in 1926.
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