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Four: Petty Officer (Telegraphist) S. H. Dawe, Royal Navy, who was killed on 6 August 1914, when H.M.S. Amphion struck a mine off the Thames estuary and sank with the loss of 132 men killed; she was the first ship of the Royal Navy to be sunk in the Great War
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (185605 S. H. Dawe, Ord. Sig., H.M.S. Magicienne); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Jubaland (185605 S. H. Dawe, Ord. Sig., H.M.S. Magicienne); Victory Medal 1914-19 ((185605 S. H. Dawe, P.O. Tel. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (185605 S. H. Dawe, P.O. (Tel) H.M.S. Amphion) toned, extremely fine (4)
£300-£360 Duplicates of the Q.S.A. and A.G.S., and most likely the Naval L.S. & G.C., were issued to his widow on 26 March 1915.
Samuel Henry Dawe was born at Aubyn, Devonport, Devon, on 20 March 1880, and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class from Greenwich School on 8 September 1895. He served as Ordinary Signalman aboard Magicienne from November 1897 to June 1901, seeing service off South Africa and Somaliland.
He became a Petty Officer (Telegraphist) in November 1907, and joined the newly commissioned scout cruiser Amphion on 2 April 1913. By the start of the War Amphion was leader of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in the 1st Light Cruiser Squadron, assigned to the Harwich Force, defending the eastern approaches to the English Channel, under the command of Captain Cecil H. Fox. In the morning of 5 August, Amphion and the 3rd Flotilla sortied into the North Sea to patrol the area between Harwich and the Dutch island of Terschelling for German activity. At 10:15 a ship in the black, buff, and yellow colours of the Great Eastern Railway's steamers that plied between Harwich and the Hook of Holland was spotted. Fox sent the destroyers Lance and Landrail to investigate and shortly afterwards another destroyer reported that a trawler had seen a suspicious ship, 'throwing things overboard, presumably mines'. Amphion led the flotilla to investigate and observed that the fleeing ship was deploying mines even then. At 10:45, Lance opened fire at a range of 4,400 yards (4,000 m).
The target was S.M.S. Königin Luise, a former Hamburg-Heligoland excursion boat that had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. They had planned to mount a pair of 8.8-centimetre (3.5 in) guns on board, but they did not have the time to do so; her only armament was a pair of lighter guns and 180 mines. On the night of 4 August, she had departed Emden and headed into the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary, which she began to do at dawn.
The fire from the destroyers was ineffective until Amphion closed to a range of 7,000 yards and began hitting the German ship at about 11:15. By noon, Königin Luise was sinking and the three British ships rescued 5 officers and 70 ratings. The flotilla proceeded onwards with their patrol until they reached the Dutch coast around 21:00 and turned for home. Fox was uncertain as to the locations of the mines laid by Königin Luise and laid a course that was seven nautical miles west of where he thought the mines were. He guessed wrongly and led his flotilla over the danger area.
At 06:35, Amphion struck a mine that detonated underneath her bridge. The explosion set her forecastle on fire and broke the ship's keel. The destroyer Linnet attempted to tow the cruiser, but a deep crack across her upper deck showed that she was hogging badly and Fox ordered his crew to abandon ship. Shortly afterwards, her forward magazine exploded, throwing one 4-inch gun into the air that narrowly missed Linnet. One of Amphion's shells burst on the deck of the destroyer Lark, killing two of her men and the only German prisoner rescued from the cruiser. Amphion then rapidly sank within 15 minutes of the explosion losing 1 officer and 131 ratings killed in the sinking, plus an unknown number of the crew rescued from Königin Luise.
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Four: Able Seaman W. Kealy, Royal Navy
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (W. Kealy, Ord. H.M.S. Terrible); China 1900, no clasp (W. Kealey, Ord., H. M.S. Terrible); British War Medal (197853 W. Kealy, A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (197853 W. Kealy, A.B., H.M.S. Vivid) light contact marks, otherwise very fine (4)
£300-£400 Provenance: Douglas-Morris Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, February 1997. Sold with copied record of service and various medal rolls. He is also entitled to 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal.
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Five: Stoker H. Jardine, Royal Navy
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp (H. Jardine, Sto: H.M.S. Thetis); 1914-15 Star (284922 H. Jardine. Sto.1. R. N.); British War and Victory Medals (284922 H. Jardine. Sto.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (284922 Henry Jardine. Sto. 1Cl. H.M.S. Pembroke) mounted for display in a leatherette book style display case, very fine (5) £240-£280
Henry Jardine, a postman from Edinburgh, was born on 27 August 1877. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 15 March 1897, he served in H.M.S. Thetis during the Boer War. Promoted Stoker 1st Class on 1 July 1906, he was discharged to shore 14 March 1909, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following day. Recalled for Great War service, he served in H.M.S. Juno off the Persian coast during the Bushire campaign and the Tangistani raids against the prominent Iranian nationalist Rais Ali Delvani. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 1 October 1917, and was shore demobilised on 27 February 1919.
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Four: Private G. T. Tombling, 3rd Hussars
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3915 Pte G. Tombling. 3rd Hussars.); 1914-15 Star (29291 Pte. G. T. [sic] Tombling. 3rd. Hrs.); British War and Victory Medals (29291 Pte. G. T. Tombling. 3-Hrs.) worn, therefore good fine or better (4)
£100-£140 George Tombling served during the Great War with the 3rd Hussars in the French theatre of war from 18 October 1915.
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