Campaign Groups and Pairs 217 Four: Petty Officer A. T. Goldsmith, Royal Navy, who died on active service on 26 April 1944
1914-15 Star (216108. A. T. Goldsmith, L.S., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (216108. A. T. Goldsmith. P.O. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (216108. A. T. Goldsmith. P.O.
1.Cl. H.M.S. Cormorant.) very fine (4) £100-£140
Arthur Thomas Goldsmith, a gardener from Sevenoaks, Kent, was born on 14 November 1885. Enlisting in the Royal Navy, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Assistance, H.M.S. Hindustan and H.M.S. Cormorant. Appointed Petty Officer on 1 May 1917, his Great War trio was sent to him whilst serving in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 27 November 1918, and was appointed temporary Chief Petty Officer on 27 September 1919 whilst performing duty as Admiral's Coxswain. Shore pensioned on 13 November 1925, he subsequently joined the Royal Fleet Reserve. Recalled for Second World War service, he died whilst serving in H.M.S. Collingwood on 26 April 1944 and is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Stockbridge New Cemetery, Hampshire.
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Four: Blacksmith A. McCorkindale, Royal Navy, who was present at the Battle of Jutland in H.M.S. Minotaur, and was later serving in H.M.S. Ambitious when the German Fleet was scuttled at Scapa Flow
1914-15 Star (342710 A. McCorkindale. Blk. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (342710 A. McCorkindale Blk. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (342710 A. McCorkindale Blksth. H.M.S. Champion) very fine (4)
£100-£140
Arthur McCorkindale, a blacksmith from Forton, Hampshire, was born on 9 November 1878. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 22 November 1899 his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Minotaur, which was present at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, but did not fire her guns. He latterly served in H.M.S. Ambitious, a depot ship for minesweepers at Scapa Flow, at the time that the German Fleet was scuttled there. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 10 March 1921, and was invalided from the service on 3 August 1921.
219 Four: Chief Petty Officer A. Pratt, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (156897 A. Pratt. C.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (156897 A. Pratt. C.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (156897 Arthur Pratt C.P.O. H.M.S. Victory) very fine and better (4)
£80-£100
Arthur Pratt, a grocer from Olney, Buckinghamshire, was born on 6 May 1874. Enlisting on 6 May 1892, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Vernon and H.M.S. Fisgard. He was promoted Chief Petty Officer on 1 May 1913, receiving his LSGC on 4 March 1918. He was discharged on 31 March 1920.
220
Four: Mechanician A. Easson, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Hyacinth during the 1914 blockade of S.M.S. Konigsberg in East Africa
1914-15 Star (281333 A. Easson. Mech. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (281333 A. Easson. Mech. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (281333 Andrew Easson, Mechanician. H.M.S. Superb) good very fine (4)
£100-£140
Andrew Easson, a farm servant from Greenock, Renfrewshire, was born on 9 April 1874. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 16 December 1895, and awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 October 1910. His Great War service included service in H.M.S. Hyacinth which served in the naval blockade of S.M.S. Konigsberg in East Africa; he later served in H.M.S. Implacable during the Salonika campaign, and in H.M.S. Princess Royal, which served in a support role during the second battle of Heligoland Bight in 1917. He was demobilised on 12 June 1919 before joining the new Coastguard service on the special register on 30 August 1919, and his Great War medals were sent to the Coastguard at Rosyth.
221
Four: Cooper E. Medder, Royal Navy, a native of Jersey who was serving in H.M.S. Attentive when she was damaged by Aerial bombardment in September 1915
1914-15 Star (343384 E. Medder, Cpr. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (343384 E. Medder. Cpr. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (343384 Ernest Medder. Cooper. H.M.S. Attentive) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £140-£180
Ernest Medder, a carpenter from St. Helier, Jersey, was born on 18 December 1881. Enlisting as a Cooper in the Royal Navy on 25 April 1900, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Attentive at the time that she became an early victim of Aerial bombardment on 7 September 1915, suffering eight casualties, whilst she was in support of the naval bombardment of Ostend. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 August 1915, and was shore pensioned on 24 April 1922.
222 Four: Chief Stoker C. Taylor, Royal Navy, who served in H.M.S. Barham at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916
1914-15 Star (297776 C. Taylor, S.P.O. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (297776 C. Taylor, S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (297776 Cyril Taylor, S.P.O. H.M.S. Barham) mounted as worn, very fine and better (4)
£100-£140
Cyril Taylor, an enameller from Dursley, Gloucestershire, was born on 4 June 1880. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 5 January 1901, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Barham, which fired over 360 shells at the Battle of Jutland, 31 May 1916, during which she was hit six times, resulting in a casualty rate of 26 killed and 46 wounded. It is believed that Barham and H.M.S. Variant made 24 hits between them, making them the two most accurate warships in the British fleet during the battle. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal whilst serving in H.M.S. Barham on 24 July 1916. Promoted Chief Stoker on 1 July 1918, he was shore pensioned on 4 June 1923, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day.
223 Four: Chief Shipwright L. J. Lang, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.6516 L. J. Lang. Shpt. 2., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.6516 L. J. Lang Shpt.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M.6516 L. J. Lang Shpt 2. H.M.S. Ormonde) mounted as worn, polished, fair to fine, the LS&GC better (4)
£70-£90
Leonard James Lang, a Shipwright in H.M. Dockyard, from Devonport, Devon, was born on 7 March 1886. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 14 August 1913, his Great War service included three years service in H.M.S. Anemone. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 5 July 1927 whilst serving in H.M.S. Ormonde, and was promoted Chief Shipwright on 13 August of that year, shortly before being discharged on 28 October 1927.
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