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Four: Stoker First Class W. J. Dine, Royal Navy, who survived the sinking of H.M.S. Penarth, when she struck a mine whilst on post war minesweeping duties in the North Sea in February 1919, in which an officer was awarded an Albert Medal for saving the life of a wounded Stoker
1914-15 Star (305440 W. J. Dine, Sto. 1, R.N.; British War and Victory Medals (305440 W. J. Dine. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (305440. W. J. Dine, Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Penarth.) very fine (4)
£100-£140
Walter James Dine was born in Spilsby, Lincolnshire on 26 November 1884. A postman, he enlisted in the Royal Navy on 3 November 1903, and was serving in H.M.A.S. Australia when she was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in June 1913. Before her maiden voyage, her Captain was knighted by H.M. the King, reputedly the first such occasion that a naval officer was knighted onboard his ship since Sir Francis Drake on the Golden Hind, by Queen Elizabeth I in 1581.
Post-War, Dine served as a crew-member in H.M.S. Penarth, a converted minesweeper, and survived its sinking in the North Sea, off the Yorkshire Coast on 4 February 1919. Two Officers and 33 Crew were lost, with a further two crew succumbing to their wounds afterwards. For his bravery in rescuing a wounded Stoker, trapped in a Stokehold, Lieutenant David Wainwright was awarded the Albert Medal: ‘On the 4th February, 1919, H.M.S. Penarth struck a mine and immediately began to sink. Lieutenant David Wainwright, taking command of the situation, at once superintended the manning and lowering of the starboard gig, and later the launching of the Carley floats. Hearing there was a stoker injured in one of the stokeholds, he called for volunteers to show him the way, and at once made his way forward. There was by now a heavy list on the ship, and it was apparent she would not remain afloat much longer, the upper deck on the starboard side being already awash. Lieutenant Wainwright made his way below unaided, and while he was in the stokehold the ship struck a second mine abaft of him. The forepart was blown off and sank, and he was forced to wait till the stokehold had filled before he could float to the surface up the escape. He displayed the greatest gallantry and disregard of his own personal safety in going below at a time when the ship was liable to sink at any moment.’
Dine was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (whilst still borne on the books of Penarth) on 28 February 1919. Demobbed to shore on 15 May 1919, he transferred to the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. He was invalided from the service from R.N. Hospital Haslar on 8 November 1921.
398 Four: Engine Room Artificer First Class S. B. Loney, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (308682 S. B. Loney, E.R.A.3., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (308682 S. B. Loney. E.R.A.2 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (308682 S. B. Loney. E.R.A.2 H.M.S. Victory) lacquered, very fine (4)
£80-£120
Samuel Burt Loney, an engine fitter from Portsea, Hampshire, was born on 13 December 1882. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 3 August 1905, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Greenwich. Advanced Engine Room Artificer First Class on 30 November 1921, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 12 January 1922, and was shore pensioned on 3 February 1923.
399 Four: Stoker First Class R. G. Poole, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (K.14415, R. G. Poole, Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.14415 R. G. Poole. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.14415 R. G. Poole. Sto. 1. H.M.S. Impregnable.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£80-£120
Reginald George Poole, a carpenter from Yeovil, Somerset, was born on 11 November 1890. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 4 April 1912, he was promoted Stoker 1st Class on 5th June 1913, and served during the Great War including service in H.M.S. Hyacinth, which served off East Africa. His Great War medals were sent to him whilst he was serving in H.M.S. Defiance. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 July 1927, whilst serving in H.M.S. Impregnable, and was shore pensioned on 3 April 1934. Recalled for service during the Second World War on 31 July 1939, he served until 1 October 1940.
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Four: Engine Room Artificer First Class G. O. Shire, Royal Navy, who served in the West Africa station during the Great War, before later service in H.M.S. Attentive when she screened the famed raid on Zeebrugge on 25 April 1918
1914-15 Star (269255. G. O. Shire. E.R.A.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (269255. G. O. Shire E.R.A.1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (269255. G. O. Shire. E.R.A. 1Cl. H.M.S. Challenger:) contact marks, very fine (4)
£80-£120
George Oliver Shire, an engine smith from East Chinnick, Somerset, was born on 23 October 1873. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 16 February 1898, his Great War service including service in H.M.S. Cumberland in the Cameroons, when she captured 10 German merchant ships on 27 September 1914. He later served in H.M.S. Astraea in West Africa, before serving in H.M.S. Attentive when she screened the famed Zeebrugge raid on 25 April 1918. Appointed Engine Room Artificer First Class on 14 February 1910, his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal was awarded in February 1915. He was discharged to pension on 24 March 1920.
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Four: Able Seaman G. Dollery, Royal Navy, who served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mersey, and was present in her when she bombarded German troops and artillery posts during the Battle of Yser in October 1914, and also the following year in German East Africa, where she assisted in the destruction of the German Light Cruiser S.M.S. Konigsberg
1914-15 Star (206379, G. Dollery, A.B., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (206379 G. Dollery. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (206379. George Dollery, A.B. H.M.S. Victory.) light contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£100-£140
George Dollery, a job boy from Grafton, Sussex, was born on 21 June 1883. Enlisting in the Royal Navy for Boy Service on 12 September 1899, he was advanced Able Seaman on 3 March 1914.
He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Mersey, and was present in her when she bombarded German troops and artillery posts during the Battle of Yser in October 1914, and the following year in German East Africa, where she assisted in the destruction of the German Light Cruiser S.M.S. Konigsberg. He was invalided from the service on 22 November 1917.
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