CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS x364 Four: Mechanician H. J. Bowles, Royal Navy - who served throughout the war on the battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought
1914-15 STAR (284798 Mech., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (284798 Mech., R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V. R., 1st issue (284798 Mechn., H.M.S. Dreadnought) last with correction to naming, mounted as worn, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (4)
£100-140
Herbert Joseph Bowles was born in Clerkenwell, London on 2 April 1877. An Engine Fitter and Turner by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 3 February 1897. He was promoted to Stoker 1st Class in April 1898 when on H.M.S. Northampton; Leading Stoker 2nd Class in May 1903 when at H.M.S. Pembroke II; Leading Stoker 1st Class in July 1904 when on H. M.S. Swiftsure; Stoker Petty Officer/Acting Mechanician in January 1908 when on H.M.S. Indus and attained the rank of Mechanician in January 1909 when on H.M.S. Goliath. He served on the battleship H.M.S. Dreadnought, March 1911-August 1918. The ship whose revolutionary design made all other battleships obsolete and which was to start a naval arms race between Britain and Germany, missed the only battle between the fleets at Jutland - the ship being the flagship of the 3rd Battle Squadron stationed in the Thames. However, Bowles was aboard the ship when she rammed and sank the German submarine U-29 off Scapa Flow, 18 March 1915. The submarine was commanded by Otto Weddigen, who as commander of the U-9 had sunk three British armoured cruisers on 22 September 1914. The U-29 is the only submarine known to have been sunk by a battleship. Bowles was awarded the L.S.& G.C. in April 1914 and demobilised in April 1919.
With copied service papers and a copied photograph of H.M.S. Dreadnought.
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Four: Chief Petty Officer G. Hallett, Royal Navy - who served on H.M. Ships Audacious and Queen Elizabeth
1914-15 STAR (182261 P.O., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (182261 C.P.O., R.N.); ROYALNAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (182261 P.O. 1Cl., H.M.S. Audacious) mounted for wear, good very fine (4)
£120-160
George Hallett was born in Poole, Dorset on 13 October 1878. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 6 November 1894 and was advanced to Boy 1st Class in August 1895. He was promoted to Ordinary Seaman in October 1896 when on H.M.S. Alexandra; to Able Seaman in October 1898 when on H.M.S. Revenge; Leading Seaman in October 1902 when on H.M.S. Boscawen; Petty Officer 2nd Class in October 1903 when on H.M.S. Calliope and Petty Officer 1st Class in June 1906 when on H.M.S. Vulcan. From October 1913 he served on the battleship H.M.S. Audacious and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. in April 1914. He was aboard her when she was mined and sunk off Tory Island, 27 October 1914 - the loss of the ship remained a secret for the duration of the war. He then served on the battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, December 1914-June 1919. The ship seeing action in the attempts to force the Dardanelles. As the Gallipoli campaign bogged down and losses in ships and men mounted, the Queen Elizabeth, one of the most modern and effective battleships in the fleet, was withdrawn from that theatre and sailed for home. Being refitted she missed the fleet action at Jutland. She was later selected as Sir David Beatty’s flagship when he took command of the Grand Fleet in November 1916. Hallett was demobilised in June 1919.
With copied service papers and other research in a folder.
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Four: Engine Room Artificer 1st Class A. E. Wood, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 STAR (E.C.81 E.R.A., R.N.R.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (81E.C. E.R.A.1, R.N.R.); ROYALNAVAL RESERVE L.S. & G. C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (E.D.11 E.R.A., R.N.R.) very fine and better (4)
£80-100
Albert Wood was born in Newport, Monmouthshire on 24 July 1880. A Fitter and Turner by occupation and a member of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion South Wales Borderers, he attested for one years’ service with the Colours in South Africa, serving there, March- August 1901. On 11 July 1904 he enlisted in the Royal Naval Reserve. With the start of the Great War he was called up. He was assigned to the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Alsatian which formed part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron, being deployed on the northern patrol. In the Autumn of 1915 Wood was transferred to H.M.S. Greenfly, one of the ‘Fly’ Class gunboats in Mesopotamia. The vessel formed part of the Tigris Flotilla. In February 1916 he transferred to H.M.S. Stonefly. In July of that year he was admitted to hospital suffering from the effects of the heat and was later invalided to India and thence home to England. While on route home he contracted malaria. Recovering, he later served at home on the Admiralty whaler Rightwhale. He was discharged on 22 April 1919.
With copied Army and Navy service papers and other research.
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Three: Private J. Griffin, Royal Marine Light Infantry, killed serving on the armed merchant cruiser, H.M.S. Viknor, 13 January 1915
1914-15 STAR (PO.7084 Pte., R.M.L.I.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (PO.7084 Pte., R.M.L.I.) mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (3)
£120-160
James Griffin was born in Derby on 25 February 1875. A Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines on 22 September 1893. On the outbreak of the Great War he was drafted to the cruiser H.M.S. Edgar, August-November 1914. The ship formed part of the 10th Cruiser Squadron assigned to the northern patrol. In December 1914 he was transferred to the armed merchant cruiser H.M.S. Viknor, again of 10th Cruiser Squadron. On 11 January the ship intercepted the Bergensfjiord which was believed to be carrying German citizens. A prize crew was placed aboard her and she was sailed to Kirkwall for further examination. The Viknor meanwhile sailed for Liverpool to land her prisoners and re-coal. She was last heard of off the coast of Northern Ireland, and it is surmised that on 13 January 1915 she struck a mine and was sunk with all hands. Five bodies from the Viknor were washed up on the Irish coast and buried in the churchyard of Bonamargie Friary, Ballycastle - that of Private Griffin was the only one which could be identified. He was the husband of Mrs L. Griffin, of Queens Gate, South Kensington, London.
With copied service paper and other research.
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