CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1557
Pair: 1st Class Bedroom Steward William H. Williams, Merchant Navy, a survivor from the Lusitania, sunk by the German submarine U-20, 7 May 1915
BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (William H. Williams) extremely fine (2) £400-500
William Henry Williams was a 1st Class Bedroom Steward on the Lusitania. Sailing from New York to Liverpool with 1,257 passengers and 702 crew, she was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-20 off the southern coast of Ireland on 7 May 1915. 1,198 persons were killed in the outrage, including 124 American citizens. The American casualties created opposition in the U.S.A. to Woodrow Wilson’s previous policy of neutrality and helped precipitate American entry into the war.
Details given by William Henry Williams’ son, Joseph, relate that he was ‘the last to leave the stricken vessel, once in the water he took hold of a large piece of wood and clung to it for about 48 hours, then picked up by a fishing vessel and taken into Cork Harbour where he was transferred to a hospital’.
Sold with medal envelopes of issue; copied engagement papers relating to William’s service on the Lusitania and hand-written details, these derived from his son - describing his father’s experience during the sinking and later biographical information.
1558
Pair: William Chisholm, Mercantile Marine BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE MEDAL (William Chisholm) with a Silver War Badge (427005)
BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (3609 Pte. H. Wilson, Camerons; 121377 3 A.M. H. R. Davies, R.A.F.)
1914-15 STAR, VICTORY MEDAL PAIRS (2) (18898 Pte. A. Hodgson, Manch. R.; 383 A. Bmbr./Sjt., R.G.A./R.A.) good very fine and better (11)
£140-180 Silver War Badge to ‘Chisholm’ not confirmed. 1559 Family group:
Pair: Henry Turney, Mercantile Marine BRITISH WAR AND MERCANTILE MARINE WAR MEDALS (Henry Turney)
Three: Storekeeper Robert Henry Turney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel, killed in action, 15 November 1942 1939-45 STAR; AFRICA STAR; WAR MEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed, good very fine (5)
£60-80
Storekeeper Robert Henry Turney, Naval Auxiliary Personnel (Merchant Navy) was killed in action when the escort aircraft carrier H.M. S. Avenger was torpedoed and sunk by the U-155 off Gibraltar on 15 November 1942. Some 67 officers and 438 ratings were lost in the sinking, the single largest loss sustained by the Royal Navy during the course of the North African landings. Robert Henry Turney was the son of Henry and Mary Ann Turney of Southampton.
W.W.2 medals in card forwarding box addressed to ‘Mrs M. A. Turney, 18 West End Road, Bitterne, Southampton’. 1560 Ten: Captain W. A. Whitaker, Royal Navy
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (237637 Ldg. Sean., H.M.S. Pelorus); 1914-15 STAR (Mate, R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Lieut., R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR, clasp, France and Germany; WAR MEDAL 1939-45; CORONATION 1937; NORWAY, KING HAAKON VII FREEDOM MEDAL, bronze, these all unnamed, mounted as worn; BELGIUM, ORDER OF THE CROWN, Commander’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, no ribbon, note: surname spelt ‘Whittaker’ on first medal, good very fine (10)
£450-550
Norway King Haakon VII Freedom Medal London Gazette 26 August 1947. ‘Captain Wildred Alfred Whitaker, Royal Navy (Retired)’
Belgium Order of the Crown, Cmdr. London Gazette 1 February 1949. ‘Captain Wildred Alfred Whitaker, Royal Navy (Retired)’
Wilfred Alfred Whitaker was commissioned from the ranks as Mate in 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant in 1918, Lieutenant-Commander in 1926 and Commander in 1932; he retired in 1940. Served on Chatham and Courageous during 1915-18. Returning to the service for the Second World War he was promoted Captain and was engaged in training duties. In 1945 he commanded H.M.S. Squid - the Tank Landing Craft repair base at Southampton. For his wartime services he received awards from Belgium and Norway.
With the original bestowal document for the Norwegian medal and copied gazette extracts and notes.
1561 Four: Able Seaman S. R. Lock, Royal Navy
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (J.15121 A.B., H.M.S. Fox); 1914-15 STAR (J.15121 A.B., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (J.15121 A.B., R.N.) last three mounted for wear, edge bruising, contact marks, fine (4)
£100-140
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