Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
5 5 A Great War 1916 ‘Military Division’ C.B. Group of Five to Engineer Rear-Admiral F. Hore, Royal Navy, Who Served as Engineer-Lieutenant of the Royal Yacht Osborne, 1893-98 a) The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion’s (C.B.) neck Badge, silver-gilt and enamel, converted for neck-wear b) 1914-15 Star (Eng. Capt. F. Hore. R.N.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (Eng. R. Adml. F. Hore.) d) Jubilee 1897, silver, generally very fine or better (5) £700-900 C.B. London Gazette 3.6.1916 Engineer Captain Fred Hore, R.N. Engineer Rear-Admiral Fred Hore, C.B. (1863-1932); educated at Plymouth Grammar School and Royal Naval College, Greenwich; joined Royal Navy as Acting Assistant Engineer, 1884; served as Engineer-Lieutenant of Royal Yacht Osborne, 1893-98; advanced Engineer-Commander, 1902; served in H.M.S. Albemarle (flagship of Rear-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe), 1908-09; Officer in charge of torpedo distribution and equipment of the Navy, 1909-13; Engineer-Captain 1913, and served during the Great War on the staffs of Vice-Admirals Sir Doveton Sturdee, Sir Charles Madden, The Hon. Sir Somerset Gough-Calthorpe and Admiral Sir Cecil Burney; Engineer Rear-Admiral, 13.5.1918; retired 1921. For the medals awarded to Commander R.W. Hore, D.S.C., the son of Rear-Admiral F. Hore, C.B., see Lot 16.
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