Campaign Groups and Pairs 252 Four: Leading Stoker B. Jacobs, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve
1914-15 Star (K.4867 B. Jacobs.
L.Sto. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.4867 B. Jacobs.
L.Sto. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.4867 (Po.B. 11999) B. Jacobs. L. Sto. R.F.R.) good very fine (4)
£70-£90
Barnett Jacobs, a hairdresser from Bethnal Green, London, was born on 23 January 1891. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 2 December 1909 his Great War Service included service in H.M.S. Assistance and H.M.S. Victorious, both dock repair ships. Promoted Leading Stoker on 23 December 1915, he was demobilised on 28 April 1920, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 March 1929.
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Four: Stoker 1st Class A. E. Bessant, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, who served in H.M.S. Queen Mary during the First Battle of Heligoland Blight, 28 August 1914
1914-15 Star (K.16840 A. E. Bessant, Sto. 1. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.16840 A. E. Bessant, Sto. 1. R.N.); Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.16840 A. E. Bessant Sto. 1. R.F.R.) mounted as worn, heavy contact marks to BWM, this fine, the rest better (4)
£100-£140
Albert Edward Bessant, a butcher (slaughterman) from Southampton, Hampshire, was born on 3 April 1894. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 11 November 1912, his Great War service included service in H.M.S. Queen Mary at the first Battle of Heligoland Bight on 28 August 1914. He was given a free discharge on 19 March 1920, before joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on 12 April 1921, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 24 May 1928.
254 Pair: Lieutenant G. W. Knight, Royal Naval Reserve 1914-15 Star (Lieut. G. W. Knight. R.N.R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lieut. G. W. Knight. R.N.R.) good very fine
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Lt. Col. O. L. F. Lloyd; Major E. G. Carpmael.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Lt. Commr. J. D. Ellaby. R.N.; Lieut. V. H. Kirby.; Lieut. R. F. C. Tompson; 2. Lieut. V. D. Milward-Oliver.) the last in named card box of issue, very fine or better (8)
£100-£140 255 Four: Stoker J. W. Hedley, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (T. 2558, J. W. Hedley, Sto., R.N.R.); British War and Victory Medal (2558T. J. W. Hedley. Sto. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (2558 T. J. W. Hedley. Sto. R.N.R.) light contact marks, nearly very fine (4)
£70-£90 John William Hedley was born in Hartlepool, Co. Durham on 2 November 1886. 256 Four: Seaman G. Miller, Royal Naval Reserve
1914-15 Star (7705A G. Miller Smn. R.N.R,); British War and Victory Medals (7705A G. Miller Smn. R.N.R.); Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (5255D. G. Miller. Smn. R.N.R.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (4)
£70-£90 George Miller was born in Wick, Caithness-shire, on 10 August 1895. 257
Four: Private G. Dowdell, Royal Marine Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (PO. 12864 Pte. G. Dowdell. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (PO. 12864 Pte. G. Dowdell. R.M. L.I.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (PO. 12864 George Dowdell, Private R.M.L.I.) good very fine
Pair: John McLachlan, Mercantile Marine British War and Mercantile Marine War Medals (John McLachlan) nearly extremely fine (6) £100-£140
George Dowdell was born at Wantage, Hampshire, on 17 January 1883, and enlisted at Alton on 10 March 1903. He served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the Dardanelles from 28 April 1915, and afterwards with the Expeditionary Force in France 1916 -17. Sold with copied record of service.
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Eight: Gunner E. G. Brown, Royal Marine Artillery, later Royal Marine Police and Assistant Chief Constable, Admiralty Constabulary
1914-15 Star (R.M.A. 12073. Gr. E. G. Brown.); British War and Victory Medals (R.M.A. 12073. Gr. E. G. Brown.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (R.M.A. 12073. E. G. Brown. Gr. R.M.A.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Police L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R. (Ernst G. Brown Asst. Ch. Const.) first five mounted as worn, the last three loose, generally very fine and better (8)
£500-£600
Ernest George Brown was born in Ramsbury, Hungerford on 28 May 1890 and enlisted into the Royal Marine Artillery on 16 October 1907. At the outbreak of the Great War he was serving in H.M.S. King Edward VII, and continued serving in this ship until she struck a mine and sunk on 6 January 1916. After a short period at Royal Marine Artillery, he embarked for service with Siege Guns between 30 April 1916 and 6 August 1916. Between the latter date and the end of the War, he is noted on the books of Attentive II for Siege Guns; this indicates he would have been on the Western Front with the Royal Navy Siege Guns or Royal Marine Artillery Siege Train. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Belgian Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 17 October 1919).
Brown later joined the Royal Marine Police, and served with them during the Second War. He is subsequently recorded as Assistant Chief Constable, Midland area (Risley), Admiralty Constabulary, in the 1951 Police Almanac.
Sold with three R.M.A. buttons; R.M. shoulder strap title, collar badges and rank pips; R.M.P. cap badge and shoulder strap title; Police Assistant Chief Constable cloth/wire insignia; and a police whistle.
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