The Ron Tuppen Collection of Naval Medals to Engine Room Artificers 935
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C. (4)
E.VII.R. (268486 Walter Stark, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Excellent; 268624 W. H. Matthews, E. RA. 1Cl., H.M.S. Defence; 268589 Edgar Jones, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Blake; 268633 A. J. Baker, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. New Zealand) second with edge bruise, very fine and better (4)
£160-200
Walter Stark was born in Hull on 6 November 1873. Entering the Royal Navy in June 1895, he attained the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in April 1911. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1910 at Excellent (Portsmouth). Served on Magpie, December 1915- January 1919.
William Henry Matthews was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 5 March 1872. Entering the Royal Navy in January 1896, he attained the rank of C.E.R.A. 2nd Class in March 1916. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1910 on the armoured cruiser Defence. Served on Blake, August 1912-January 1918.
Edgar Jones was born in Hampstead, London and entered the Royal Navy in October 1895. Attaining the rank of C.E.R.A. 1st Class in November 1909, he was awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1910. Served throughout the Great War.
Albert John Baker was born in Aston, Worcestershire on 13 May 1871. Entering the Royal Navy in December 1895, he attained the rank of E.R.A. 1st Class in September 1910. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1911 on the battlecruiser New Zealand. Served on submarines B.1 and C.18, May 1915-December 1918. In June 1897 Baker was convicted by the civil powers and sentenced to two months imprisonment for ‘bastardy.
All with copied service papers. 936
ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C. (3) G.V.R., 1st issue (268772 D. D. Drummond, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Encounter; 268810 W. E. Smith, C.E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Actæon; 268996 F. W. Edwards, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Cormorant) generally good very fine (3)
£150-200
David Deas Drummond was born in Glasgow on 22 December 1872. Entering the Royal Navy in June 1896, he attained the rating of Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in June 1912 and was promoted to Artificer Engineer in October 1917. He saw service during the Boer War serving on Thrush, June 1899-November 1901 and was awarded the Queen’s medal without clasp. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1911 on the protected cruiser Encounter. During the war he served in the Submarine Service; including E.53, March 1916- September 1917.
William Ernest Smith was born in Portsmouth on 1 June 1872. Entering the Royal Navy in July 1896, he attained the rate of C.E.R.A. 1st Class in September 1909 and was promoted to Artificer Engineer in January 1915. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1911 on Actæon. Served on Actæon and torpedo boat T.B.10, December 1913-December 1914; then as an officer on the cruisers Edgar, June 1915 and Glasgow, June 1918.
Frederick William Edwards was born in Dover on 9 December 1873. Entering the Royal Navy in April 1897 and attained the rate of Acting C.E.R.A. 1st Class in September 1914 and was promoted to Acting Artificer Engineer in September 1915. Awarded the L.S. & G. C. in 1912 on the sloop Cormorant. Served on Cormorant and T.B.93, October 1913-September 1915. As an officer, he served on the destroyer Flirt in the Dover Patrol. He was reported drowned on 1 June 1916. His body was recovered and buried in the Sheerness Cemetery. He was the husband of Lottie Victoria Edwards, of The Royal Hotel, Sheerness.
All with copied service papers and details. 937
ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C. (3) G.V.R., 1st issue (269509 J. F. Dent, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Venus; 269734 T. A. Hind, C.E.R. A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Dartmouth; 269935 G. N. Dodd, E.R.A. 1Cl., H.M.S. Agamemnon) good very fine (3)
£150-200
John Frederick Dent was born in Enfield, Midlesex on 16 April 1877. Entering the Royal Navy in October 1898, he attained the rank of Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class in November 1915. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1913 on the protected cruiser Venus. During the war he served on the detroyer Acheron, April 1914-September 1916 and March-August 1917, seeing action at the battles of Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland. Also involved in the sinking of the German submarine U.12, 10 March 1915.
Thomas Arthur Hind was born in Gloucester on 8 January 1871. Entering the Royal Navy in April 1899, he attained the rank of C.E.R.A. 1st Class in September 1915. Served on the light cruiser Dartmouth, September 1913-June 1915, for which service he was awarded the Naval General Service with clasp for Persian Gulf and the L.S. & G.C. in 1914. Later in the war he served on the destroyer Ossory, November 1915-February 1920, seeing action at the battle of Jutland.
George Neven Dodd was born in Jarrow-on-Tyne, Co. Duham on 8 March 1874. Entering the Royal Navy in November 1899. In Barfleur, October 1900 March 1901, he saw service in China and was awarded the medal without clasp. During the war he served on the battleship Agamemnon, February 1915-November 1917, taking part in the Dardanelles campaign 1915 and later operations in the eastern Mediterranean.
All with copied service papers. 938
The Long Service medal awarded to Artificer Engineer F. Carter, Royal Navy, who was killed aboard H.M.S. Bulwark when she suffered a catastrophic internal explosion on the Medway, 26 November 1914
ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269602 Francis Carter, C.E.R.A. 2Cl., H.M.S. Fisgard) nearly extremely fine £70-90
Francis Carter was born in Thornton, Lancashire on 15 November 1876. Entering the Royal Navy in February 1899, he attained the rate of C.E.R.A. 2nd Class in 1911 and was promoted to Artificer Engineer in August 1914. Awarded the L.S. & G.C. in 1914. He was serving aboard the old battleship Bulwark, moored on the River Meday, near Sheerness, when, in the afternoon of 26 November 1914, a catastrophic internal explosion destroyed the ship. Of the 750 men on board, only 12 survived. His name is recorded on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial. He was the husband of Mabel Jane Carter of 85 Somers Road, Southsea, Portsmouth.
With copied service papers.
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