CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 998 Family group:
Four: Able Seaman G. Houghton, Royal Navy, killed when H.M.S. Hampshire was mined and sunk on 5 June 1916 NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Persian Gulf 1909-1914 (223670 A.B., H.M.S. Odin); 1914-15 STAR (223670 A.B., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (223670 A.B., R.N.); MEMORIAL PLAQUe (George Laurenson Houghton) this last in card envelope
Three: Able Seaman T. Houghton, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, killed in action, Gallipoli, 5 May 1915 1914-15 STAR (MZ-245 A.B., R.N.V.R.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (M.Z.245 A.B., R.N.V.R.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (Thomas Houghton) this last in card envelope, good very fine (9)
£600-700
George Houghton was born in Liverpool on 13 May 1885. A Porter by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on Northampton on 4 November 1902, being advanced to Boy 1st Class in February 1903. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in May 1903 when on Victory and to Able Seaman in March 1905 when again on that ship. He served on the armoured cruiser Hampshire from January 1914. He was killed when the cruiser was mined and sunk on 5 June 1916. The ship was en route to Russia carrying the Secretary of State for War, Field Marshal Lord Kitchener when she struck a mine 1.5 miles off the Brough of Birsey, Orkney Islands. Kitchener and all his staff perished. Of the 600 plus men on board only 12 survived. With copied service paper.
Thomas Houghton was born on 21 October 1893. A Steward by occupation, he joined the R.N.V.R. on 16 October 1914. He was killed in action on 5 May 1915 when serving with the Royal Naval Division in Gallipoli. His name is commemorated on the Helles Memorial. With copied service papers.
999
Seven: Canteen Manager A.J. Cusack, Royal Navy, who served aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Kingston during the 1939 -45 War
NAVALGENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (Ctn. Ast. R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; AFRICA STAR; ITALY STAR;DEFENCE ANDWARMEDALS 1939-45, together with identity disc inscribed, ‘A. J. Cusack, C.M., H.M.S. Kingston’, good very fine (8)
£120-160
Albert Joseph Cusack, who was born in January 1917, served as Canteen Assistant in the operations off the coast of Palestine 1936-39, and during the 1939-45 War in the destroyer Kingston as a Canteen Manager.
Launched in January 1939 and commissioned in October, Kingston assisted at the destruction of the U-35 in the North Sea on 29 November 1939; helped sink the Italian submarine Torricelli in June 1940 and later attacked the submarine Perla in the Red Sea; was active in the operations around Crete, May 1941 and took part in the 1st and 2nd battles of Sirte, 17 December 1941 and 22 March 1942. In the latter battle she was badly damaged by gunfire from the Italian battleship Littorio. Able to limp back to Malta for repairs, she was then heavily damaged by enemy bombers while in dry dock in Valleta Harbour. She rolled over and was declared a total loss. However two sections of the Kingston were later scuttled as a blockship between Selmun Headland and St. Paul’s Island in northern Malta.
Cusack died in Gosport in the 1970s; sold with copied research. 1000 Pair: Petty Officer A. Fildes, Royal Navy
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 MX.56306 L. Photog., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI. R., 1st issue (MX.56306 P.O., H.M.S. Ringtail) good very fine (2)
£140-180 ‘Leading Photographer’ - a scarce rating on the N.G.S. 1001 Pair: Petty Officer Air Fitter F. W. Tilley, Fleet Air Arm
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 1 clasp, Near East (L/FX.817413 P.O.A.F.(E). R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., 2nd issue (FX 817413 P.O.A.F., H.M.S. Sanderling) minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2)
£120-160 1002
Six: Stoker 1st Class W. J. Preece, Royal Navy
NAVAL GENERAL SERVICE 1915-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1936-1939, Palestine 1945-48 (KX.91582 Sto. 1, R.N.); 1939-45 STAR; ATLANTIC STAR; PACIFIC STAR, clasp, Burma; ITALY STAR;WARMEDAL 1939-45, these unnamed, minor edge bruise to first, good very fine (6)
£220-260
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