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Six: Officers’ Chief Steward J. J. Sheehy, Royal Navy, who served during most of the war in H.M.S. Adventure, the flagship at Queenstown during the Easter Rebellion
1914-15 Star (L.7860. J. J. Sheehy, O.S.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (L.7860 J. J. Sheehy. O.S.1. R.N.); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (L.7860 J. J,. Sheehy. O.C. S. H.M.S. Repulse) mounted as worn, very fine (6)
£160-£200
John Joseph Sheehy was born at Skibbereen, county Cork, on 9 October 1887. He volunteered to join the Royal Navy on 1 October 1915, then aged almost 28 and too old to join as a Seaman. He was therefore taken on as an Officers’ Steward 3rd Class, and went afloat straight away in H.M.S. Adventure, being uprated to Officers’ Steward 1st Class the very next day. When Sheehy joined Adventure she had just moved from the North Sea to Queenstown to become the base’s Flagship under Vice Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly.
On 28 December 1915, the steamer Huronian was attacked and damaged by a submarine off the south-west coast and, in response to her S.O.S., Adventure steamed out, chased the submarine away and assisted the steamer to safety in Bantry Bay.
On 22 April 1916, she took on board Lieutenant Spindler and the crew of the German steamer Aud, which ship had been attempting to rendezvous with Sir Roger Casement in Tralee Bay to deliver a consignment of arms for an imminent uprising in the southwest. She had been intercepted by British ships and was being escorted to Queenstown when Spindler scuttled her. He and his crew were taken to Milford Haven on 23 April, and Adventure was on her return journey on 24 April when the main uprising broke out in Dublin.
Insurgent activity at this time caused communication between Cork and Dublin by rail and telegraph to be severely interrupted. Admiral Bayly therefore sent Adventure to Kingstown where she remained during the course of the Rising, acting as a communication link between Cork and Dublin. On the morning of 4 May she arrived back in Queenstown and in the afternoon took on board some 20 Sinn Fein prisoners being held there. She left before 7.30 p.m. for Kingstown, where she arrived the following morning around 8 a.m. to hand over her prisoners into military custody.
On 23 October 1916, Adventure went to the rescue of survivors from the sloop H.M.S. Genista which had been torpedoed and sunk off the south coast of Ireland. After a lengthy search she located a lifeboat which had been carried by strong winds a considerable distance from the scene of attack and rescued some eleven of the crew.
Sheehy remained in Adventure until October 1919, after which he served aboard various ships and was promoted to Officers’ Chief Steward on 1 June 1925. One year later he joined the battle cruiser Repulse and in this ship received his L.S. & G.C. medal. Sold with copied record of service to the end of 1928 at which time Sheehy was still aboard the Repulse.
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Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. S. Andrews, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.A.S. Encounter when she became the first Australian Naval Vessel to fire a shot in anger, on 14 September 1914
1914-15 Star (S.S. 109965 J. S. Andrews. Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (S.S.109965 J. S. Andrews. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.58497 J. S. Andrews S.P.O. H.M.S. Victory.) mounted as worn, contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£120-£160
Joseph Sidney Andrews, a labourer from Hull, Yorkshire was born on 6 March 1891. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 13 July 1910, his Great War service included service in H.M.A.S. Encounter, a ship that was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy, on the Pacific Station, until May 1917, and he was serving in her when Encounter became the first Australian ship to fire a shot in anger, at Toma Ridge, New Guinea on 14 September 1914. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 1 March 1918, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 3rd October 1925, and was invalided from the service due to general paresis on 23 November 1931.
387 Four: Regulating Petty Officer G. Kent, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Erin at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
1914-15 Star (213876. G. Kent, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (213876 G. Kent. Sh. Cpl. 2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (213876. George Kent. R.P.O. H.M.S. Delhi.) contact marks, fine (4)
£80-£120
George Kent was born in Plymouth, Devon, on 1 January 1885. Enlisting in the Royal Navy for Boy service on 7 March 1904, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Erin, in which ship he was present at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916. He later saw active service in H.M.S. Colossus. Advanced Regulating Petty Officer on 26 April 1919, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Delhi. Shore pensioned on 4 January 1925, he was recalled for service during the Second World War on 1 September 1939, before being finally discharged on 1 April 1940.
388 Four: Petty Officer J. D. Leaf, Royal Navy, later Corps of Commissionaires
1914-15 Star (J.20138, J. D. Leaf, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.20138 J. D. Leaf. A.B., R.N.); Corps of Commissionaires, Order of Merit, 1st Class, silver and enamels (J. Leaf) the first three polished, good fine, the last very fine (4)
£50-£60
James Durham Leaf was born in York and joined the Royal Navy on 10 September 1912, a watchmaker by trade. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Suffolk on 21 June 1929, and retired from the Navy on 31 March 1936. He joined the Leeds Division of the Corps of Commissionaires on 18 May 1936 and retired on 16 January 1965.
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Four: Stoker Petty Officer J. F. Oliver, Royal Navy, a veteran of both World Wars, who served in H.M.S. Minotaur during the Great War, and was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
1914-15 Star (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. Act. L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.6069. J. F. Oliver. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.6069. J. F. Oliver, S.P.O. H.M.S. Conquest.) contact marks, worn and polished, therefore fair (4)
£100-£140
James Frederick Oliver, a storekeepers assistant, was born on 30 April 1891 in Marylebone, London. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 27 April 1910, his Great War service was in H.M.S. Minotaur, who served in the Northern Patrol and was later present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, but did not fire her guns. Appointed Stoker Petty Officer on 15 August 1918, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in May 1925. Shore pensioned on 26 April 1932, he was recalled on 25 September 1938, and served during the Second World War in H.M.S. Despatch from 31 July 1939 to 2 April 1941 in the South Atlantic and Caribbean. He latterly served in H.M.S. Duke before demobilisation on 27 September 1945.
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