CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS 1167 Three: Private J. Unsworth, Lancashire Fusiliers, killed in action on the Western Front, 24 May 1915
1914-15 STAR (9447 Pte. J. Unsworth. Lan: Fus:); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9447 Pte. J. Unsworth. Lan. Fus.); MEMORIAL PLAQUE (James Unsworth) in card envelope of issue, extremely fine (4)
£100-140
James Unsworth was born at Smallbridge, Lancashire, and attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers at Rochdale, Lancashire. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 24 May 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
Sold together with the named Record Office enclosure for the British War and Victory Medals.
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Four: Stoker Andrew Ennis, Royal Navy, awarded the Medal of St George for services at Jutland aboard H.M.S. Warspite
1914-15 STAR (302405 A. Ennis. Sto. 1., R.N.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (302405 A. Ennis. Sto. 1. R.N.); Russia, Medal of St George, 4th Class, officially numbered ‘No. 1272757, mounted as worn, very fine
£400-500
Medal of St George confirmed in Admiralty Weekly Order 1774 of 30 May 1918: ‘conferred by the Russian Government on the following men of the Grand Fleet for services rendered in the Battle of Jutland.’
Andrew Ennis was born at Ardrossan, Scotland, on Christmas Day 1883. He joined the Royal Navy on 14 January 1903, and served aboard the battleship Warspite from 5 April 1915 to 27 September 1920, including the battle of Jutland. Sold with copied AWO and record of service.
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Four: Chief Petty Officer W. H. Clarke, Royal Navy
1914-15 STAR (201604. W. H. Clarke. P.O. 1. R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (201604 W. H. Clarke. Act. C.P.O. R. N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (201603 [sic] W. H. Clarke, P.O. H.M.S. Hannibal) ‘a’ of surname over- struck on BWM, extremely fine
£100-140
William Henry Clarke was born in Southwold, Suffolk, in September 1881. He joined the Royal Navy as Boy 2nd Class in October 1899 (service number 201603). Service during the Great War included with H.M. Ships Hannibal, August 1914-January 1915; Crescent, January-November 1915; Pembroke I, November 1915-July 1918 and the Superb, from July 1918. Clarke advanced to Chief Petty Officer in June 1918 (awarded L.S. & G.C. in 1914).
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Four: Stoker Petty Officer W. Bridge, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Lance when she fired the first British shot of the Great War, 5 August 1914
1914-15 STAR (300552. W. Bridge. S.P.O., R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (300552 W. Bridge. S.P.O. R.N.); ROYAL FLEET RESERVE L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (300552 (Ch. A. 3708) W. Bridge. S.P.O. R.F.R.) light pitting to BWM from Star, otherwise good very fine, the last extremely fine (4)
£240-280
William Bridge was born at Bradwell, Essex, on 9 September 1882, and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 28 May 1902. He was advanced Stoker Petty Officer on 19 March 1913, and transferred to H.M.S. Lance on 31 July 1914. When the Great War started at 23:00 hours on 4 August 1914, H.M.S. Lance and her sister ship H.M.S. Landrail were tasked with performing a ‘sweep’ of the North Sea. The next day, 5 August 1914, the two destroyers encountered the German minelayer Königin Luise as she was setting mines off the Dutch coast. H.M.S. Lance fired a shell from her 4 inch gun, the first British shot of the Great War, which eventually led to the sinking of the Königin Luise, making her the first naval casualty of the War- the gun which fired the shot is now on display in the Imperial War Museum.
After two years serving in H.M.S. Lance, Bridge transferred to H.M.S. Pembroke II on 12 August 1916, and spent the rest of the Great War in various shore based establishments. He was shore pensioned on 13 June 1924, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve. He died in 1977.
Sold with a postcard photograph of H.M.S. Lance, and copied research.
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Four: Chief Engine Room Artificer A. Pike, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Tiger at the Battles of Dogger Bank and Jutland
1914-15 STAR (269515 A. Pike. Act. C.E.R.A.3, R.N.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (269515 A. Pike. C.E.R.A.2 R.N.); ROYAL NAVY L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269515 Arthur Pike, E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Indus.) good very fine and better (4) £150-200
Arthur Pike was born in Yeovil, Somerset, on 3 August 1877 and joined the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, serving in H.M.S. Vivid II, on 15 November 1898. Advanced Engine Room Artificer 1st Class on 27 August 1911, he served in H.M.S. Indus in this rate from 7 December 1912 to 31 July 1914, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 21 November 1913. He served during the Great War, first on the Home Port Defences in Torpedo Boat 5, and then in H.M.S. Tiger, from 3 October 1914 to 2 September 1920, and was present at the Battle of Dogger Bank, 24 January 1915, where her Q-turret sustained a direct hit; and the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, where the Tiger was hit a total of 18 times during the battle, and suffered 24 dead and 46 wounded.
Pike was advanced to his ultimate rate of Chief Engine Room Artificer 2nd Class on 1 November 1916, and after a brief spell in H.M.S. Vivid II was shore pensioned on 14 December 1920. He died in Honiton, Devon, in 1956.
Sold with photographic images of H.M.S. Tiger, and copied research.
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