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Three: Ordinary Seaman T. W. Middleton, Royal Navy, who was killed in action on 23 September 1916 off Dunkirk, while serving aboard the monitor H.M.S. Marshal Soult
1914-15 Star (J.42510, W. Middleton, Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.42510 W. Middleton. Ord. R.N.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas William Middleton) good very fine (4)
£140-£180
Thomas William Middleton was born in 1888 in Wicklow, Ireland. He served in merchant vessels prior to joining the Royal Navy as William Middleton on 24 July 1915. He remained in barracks at Chatham (H.M.S. Pembroke I) until 8 October 1915, at which time he was transferred to the Ney-class monitor, H.M.S. Marshal Soult.
A ship of the Royal Navy’s Dover Patrol from November 1915, Marshal Soult was used mainly for the bombardment of land targets and port installations in Flanders, particularly Zeebrugge and Ostend. Ordinary Seaman Middleton was killed in action during a German aerial bombing attack off Dunkirk on 24 September 1916. He is buried in Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France.
315 Five: Chief Petty Officer R. I. Parrott, Royal Navy, later Royal Fleet Reserve
1914-15 Star (189653, R. 1. Parrott. P.O.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (189653 R. I. Parrott. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (189653 Ch. A. 3011 R. I. Parrott. C.P.O. R.F.R.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Robert I. Parrot) contact marks, generally very fine (5)
£80-£120
Robert Isaac Parrott was born on 22 November 1879 in Stepney, Middlesex and joined the Royal Navy on 14 July 1896 as a Boy 2 Class. Initially serving aboard H.M.S. Impregnable, he rose quickly though the ratings, being promoted Petty Officer Second Class by May 1904. Serving on numerous ships, by the outbreak of the Great War, he was serving as a Petty Officer First Class aboard H.M.S. Vengeance. Serving with this ship until 29 July 1915 and having taking part in the Dardanelles campaign, he spend eight months at Pembroke II, before joining H.M.S. Cadmus in March 1916, followed by the River Gunboat H.M.S. Kinsha in August 1917. Rated Chief Petty Officer, he stayed aboard this ship, which was based on the China Station, until September 1919. His final posting was with H.M. S. Colombo between September 1919 and November that year. Discharged, he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 22 November 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 4 December 1919.
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Three: Engine Room Artificer J. R. Richardson, Royal Navy, who was killed in H.M. Submarine E-36 when in collision with H.M. Submarine E-43
1914-15 Star (M.1401, J. R. Richardson, E.R.A.3., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.1401 J. R. Richardson. E.R. A.2 R.N.) in named card boxes of issue with transmission letter, together with Bronze Memorial Plaque (John Reed Richardson) in original envelope with outer packet and Buckingham Palace letter, and an old Haig’s Fund Remembrance Day Poppy, extremely fine (4)
£240-£280
John Reed Richardson, E.R.A. 3, Royal Navy, was killed in H.M. Submarine E-36 on 19 January 1917, when in collision with H.M. Submarine E-43 off Harwich in the North Sea. There were no survivors. He is commemorated by name on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and on a Memorial in St Wilfrids Church, Portsmouth.
317 Four: Able Seaman E. P. Snell, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (237545, E. P. Snell, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (237545 E. P. Snell, A.B., R.N.) BWM officially re-impressed; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (237545 E. P. Snell. A.B.H.M.S. Assistance.) contact marks and edge bruising, good fine (4)
£70-£90
Edward Percy Snell was born on Christmas Day 1891 at Bramley, Hampshire, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 17 October 1906. Posted to H.M.S. Aboukir on 5 March 19098, he was promoted Able Seaman on 19 April 1910. He served during the Great War initially in the 2nd class Cruiser H.M.S. Glasgow until 3 October 1915, before being attached to the Royal Indian Marine and, on 13 February 1916, was sent to H.M.S. Alert, which had been loaned to the Basra civil authorities. He served as a a Temporary Warrant Officer, before reverting to the Royal Navy on 29 August 1919. He joined the repair ship H.M.S. Assistance on 7 January 1922, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 8 January 1924.
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Three: Able Seaman E. E. Wallace, Royal Navy 1914-15 Star (193494, E. E. Wallace, A.B. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (193494 E. E. Wallace. A.B. R.N.) minor edge bruise to VM, otherwise nearly extremely fine
Pair: Corporal F. G. Wallace, Royal Marine Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (PO. 15647 Cpl. F. G. Wallace. R.M.L.I.) nearly very fine
Three: Sergeant R. A. Allen, Q Services Corps War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, both officially named ‘86231 R. A. Allen’; Efficiency Medal,
G.VI.R., 1st issue, Union of South Africa (Sgt. R. A. Allen Q.S.C.) good very fine (8)
£70-£90
Ernest Edward Wallace was born in Chelsea, London in 1881, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 15 April 1897. He served in H.M.S. Anson from 10 December 1898 to 31 January 1900, during which time he was advanced Able Seaman on 27 December 1899. He also saw seagoing service was in H.M.S. Charybdis from 22 April 1902 to 24 March 1905. He joined the Royal Fleet Reserve on 25 November 1905 and served during the Great War in a number of shore establishments before being demobilised on 14 February 1919.
Frederick George Wallace was born in Fareham, Hampshire on 10 July 1892. Raised from infancy by his grandparents in Walthamstowe, Essex, he enlisted in the Royal Marine Light Infantry (Portsmouth Division) at Gosport on 18 February 1910. He saw brief service in the cruiser H.M.S. Europa from January to March 1914 and then on 27 August 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the Great War, he transferred to the Cruiser H.M.S. Sapphire, remaining in her until December 1916. Sapphire served with the Dover Patrol in 1914 and was with the Destroyer Flotilla at the Dardanelles in 1915. During the main Gallipoli landings of 25 April, HMS Sapphire and her sister ship H.M.S. Amethyst were part of the Fourth Squadron, made up of minesweepers. This squadron was attached to the First Squadron and helped to land troops on Y-Beach and then to evacuate them on the next day. He subsequently served with the Portsmouth Division until discharged at the completion of his second period of engagement in July 1931.
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