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Five: Chief Engine Room Artificer W. H. Vick, Royal Navy, who was awarded the Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal for services during the Great War in H.M.S. Assistance
1914-15 Star (M. 413, W. H. Vick, E.R.A.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M. 413, W. H. Vick, C.E.R.A.2, R. N.); Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (M. 413, W. H. Vick, C.E.R.A.2Cl. “Assistance” Services During War.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 413, W.
H.Vick. C.E.R.A.1 H.M.S. Bryony.) edge bruising and light contact marks, very fine (5)
£400-£500 M.S.M. London Gazette 27 June 1919.
William Harry Vick, a fitter and turner from Portsmouth, was born on 30 March 1887. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 29 May 1908, he served throughout the Great War in the repair ship H.M.S. Assistance and was awarded the Royal Naval Meritorious Service Medal for services during the Great War. Advanced Chief Engine Room Artificer 1st Class on 1 May 1923, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medals on 14 June 1923. He was recalled for Second War service ashore in the U.K., and served in H.M.S. Cochrane.
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Four: Chief Shipwright E. Reading, Royal Navy, who was serving in H.M.S. Russell when she was sunk in the Dardanelles on 27 April 1916
1914-15 Star (344038, E. Reading, Shpt. 1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (344038. E. Reading. Ch. Shpt. 2. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue ( 344038. Edward Reading. Shpt. 1Cl. H.M.S. Russell) contact marks, nearly very fine or better (4)
£100-£140
Edward Reading, a carpenter from Walsall, Staffordshire, was born on 18 November 1880. He joined the Royal Navy on 19 March 1901, and at the outbreak of the Great War was serving as a Shipwright 1st Class aboard the battleship H.M.S. Russell. Taking part in the Dardanelles campaign, he was serving with this ship when it struck a mine and sunk on 27 April 1916. After a period on shore, he joined the battleship H.M.S. Commonwealth on 27 December 1916, serving aboard until 25 August 1917. His final service afloat, was aboard the battleship H.M.S. Lord Nelson, serving aboard this ship between September 1917 and May 1919. He was finally shore pensioned on 18 March 1923.
215 Four: Chief Shipwright P. H. Williams, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (345536, P. H. Williams, Shpt.1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (345536 P. H. Williams. Ch. Shpt. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (345536. P. H. Williams. Ch. Shpt. H.M.S. Dunedin.) light contact marks, very fine (4)
£80-£120
Percy Henry Williams, a Shipwright from Pembroke Dock, was born on 10 December 1886. Enlisting in the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 12 July 1902, and employed as Shipwright at Pembroke Yard, he served during the Great War primarily in various shore based establishments, and was advanced Chief Shipwright on 14 June 1917. He joined H.M.S. Dunedin on 13 September 1919, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 29 December 1919. He was shore pensioned on 9 December 1926.
216 Four: Chief Painter S. Cole, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (343785 S. J. Cole Ptr.1., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (343758 S. J. Cole Ptr.1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (343758 S. J. Cole Ptr 1. Cl. H.M.S. Cornwall) mounted as worn, light contact marks, very fine (4)
£80-£120
Samuel James Cole, a decorator from Plymouth, Devon, enlisted in the Royal Navy on 13 November 1900, declaring his date of birth as 3 February 1880. His Great War service started in H.M.S. Cornwall, which was present at the First Battle of the Falklands in December 1914, before taking part in the naval blockade of S.M.S. Kongsberg in East Africa, and then seeing service in the Dardanelles campaign. He later served on the Submarine Depot Ship H.M.S. Leander. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 18 August 1916, and was promoted Chief Painter 1st Class on 1 January 1919. Shore Pensioned 12 February 1922, his service record notes his true date of birth as 3 February 1882.
217 Four: Chief Sick Berth Steward W. H. Haynes, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (132031 W. H. Haynes Ch.S.B.S. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (132031 W. H. Haynes Ch.S.B.S. R.N); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (W. H. Haynes S.B. Stewd. H.M.S. Majestic) good very fine (4) £140-£180
William Henry Haynes, a footman from Oxford, was born on 6 February 1867. Enlisting in the Royal Navy on 12 March 1885, he was advanced Chief Sick Berth Steward on 17 May 1900, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July of that year. He served during the Great War service in H.M.S. Venus, as part of the 11th Cruiser Squadron off Ireland, before he was invalided from the Service on 15 January 1916, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 550.
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