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An M.V.O. pair awarded to Frederick James Dadd, Civil Service
THE ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, reverse officially
numbered, ‘744’, in Collingwood, London case of issue; DEFENCE MEDAL, unnamed; with a BOROUGH OF BERMONDSEY
CORONATION MEDAL 1902, white metal, unnamed; together with a Swagger Stick, c.93cm. long, with a silver knob
engraved, ‘Presented to F. J. Dadd Esq., as a mark of appreciation from the members of the 33rd Middlesex V.A.D.
Detachment, April 1917’, first two extremely fine (4) £350-400
M.V.O. London Gazette 10 June 1948. ‘For personal services to The Sovereign as Warrants Clerk, Home Office’.
Frederick James Dadd was born in 1894 the son of Frederick J. Dadd of Bridport, Dorset. Educated at Ealing, he entered the Civil
Service in 1912, serving in the Admiralty, 1912-13; Home Office, 1913-54, and was Assistant Registrar of the Baronetage, 1938-54.
Served in the 33rd Middlesex V.A.D. from July 1915 but was unsuccessful in his application for the British War Medal 1914-20.
Defence Medal in card forwarding box, addressed to ‘F. J. Dadd, Esq., M.V.O., E1 Division, Home Office’. With copied research.
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An extremely rare Second World War O.B.E. group of seven awarded to Captain H. H. Golding, Merchant Navy, one
of a handful of recipients of the Southern Railway Company’s M.S.M - for his gallant deeds as Master of the S.S. Isle of
Sark in St. Peter Port, Guernsey in June 1940, when his ship came under attack while embarking evacuees
THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE O.B.E. (Civil) Officer’s 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt, in its Royal Mint case
of issue; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Hervy H. Golding); MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDAL 1914-18 (Hervy H. Golding); 1939
-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY’S MERITORIOUS SERVICE
MEDAL, silver-gilt, the reverse officially engraved, ‘H. H. Golding’, in its fitted Royal Mint case of issue, the Great War
awards slightly polished, otherwise generally good very fine and better (7) £4000-5000
O.B.E. London Gazette 3 January 1945.
Southern Railway Company’s M.S.M.:
‘Delayed the departure of the S.S. Isle of Sark from Guernsey, during intense bombardment of the Island on 28 June 1940, in order that
as many passengers as possible might be embarked.’
The Southern Railway Company’s M.S.M. was instituted by the Company’s directors soon after the outbreak of hostilities, 18 awards
being presented at a ceremony held on 16 August 1940 and thereafter just six further awards.
Hervy Hardinge Golding was born in Tongham, near Farnham, Surrey in October 1887, and ‘sailed out of Greenock as an apprentice
aboard the Samoena, a three–masted ship, and for four years survived the life, sailing and the dreaded Southern Ocean, learning the
skills that would one day enable him to join that exclusive society of men – the Cape Horners’ (The Evening Echo, Bournemouth, 22
June 1974 refers).
Having passed his 2nd Mate’s examination in London in November 1908 and his 1st Mate’s examination in Hong Kong in November
1910, Golding was next employed in vessels of the British Steam Navigation Company and Seang Line, trading routes from Rangoon to
China.
In April 1914, he entered the service of the London & South Western Railway fleet as a 2nd Officer in the Bertha (afterwards merged
with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway, and the South Eastern & Chatham Railway companies to form the Southern Railway
Company).
Actively employed in the Mercantile Marine in the Great War, he was employed on the Southampton-Le Havre run, latterly in the
Normannia and Hantonia. And he stayed in the Company’s employ for the remainder of his career, his otherwise peaceful voyages to
France and the Channel Islands coming to an abrupt end on the renewal of hostilities.
Evacuation of Guernsey – June 1940
On the renewal of hostilities, Golding was in command of the Isle of Jersey, shortly to be refitted as a hospital carrier, but in early 1940
he was given command of the Isle of Sark, which appointment led to his part in the evacuation of the Channel Islands. The ship’s
matter of fact official log entry for 28 June 1940 states:
‘6.55 p.m., St. Peter Port, Guernsey: At time and place stated, while passengers were beginning to embark, enemy planes appeared and
commenced a bombing and machine-gun action on harbour and shipping. A wireless transmission message was transmitted and
acknowledged. The attack was maintained for an hour, during which no damage was done to the ship. Vessel sailed for Southampton
at 10.15 p.m. according to schedule.’
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