WW1 & WW2 MBE & DSM GROUP TO A SUBMARINER

WW2 2nd type M.B.E with a military ribbon, GVR 1st type Distinguished service medal (DSM), 1914-15 Trio, 1939-45 Star & 1939-45 War Medal To- 272440.L.V.HAUSER.ERA3.SUBMARINE.SERVICE
& 272440.L.V.HAUSER.E.R.A.3.RN (on the trio)
The recipients award of the DSM for services with submarines in enemy waters was published in the london Gazette 2-11-1917 & the award of his military M.B.E was published in the London gazette 1-1-38.
Leonard Victor Hauser was born in 1892 and joined the Royal Navy on the 1st May 1910 and at the outbreak of WW1 was serving on HMS Eclipse. He transferred to the submarine service in August 1915 and joined his first submarine H2 in November 1916. At the time of his DSM he was serving in the submarine G3. Remaining with the submarine service after the end of WW1 he was serving in H42 HMS Maidstone a large submarine with the capability of carrying an aircraft. In 1923 he was promoted to Warrant Officer Engineer and received a commission in 1933. At the outbreak of WW2 he was at Exmouth with the Portsmouth Flotilla and at the age of 50 resigned his commission and retired in May 1942.
GVF/VF & Court mounted as worn. Complete with copy service papers, London gazette details & other basic biographical & military research.

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