Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 29
A Great War D.S.M. group of three awarded to Engine Room Artificer T. Fowler, Royal Navy, for gallantry whilst serving with the destroyer H.M.S. Grasshopper, January - June 1918
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (M1380. T. Fowler, E.R.A.
4.Cl. “Grasshopper” 1918.); British War and Victory Medals (M.13830 T. Fowler. E.R.A. 3 R.N.) worn, fine (3)
£600-£700
Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2010. D.S.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918:
‘For services in other destroyers between 1st January and 30th June 1918’.
Thomas Fowler was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire in January 1870. An engine fitter by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as an Acting Engine Room Artificer 4th Class, 15 June 1915. After service at Pembroke II, he was posted to Conquest, March 1916- September 1917, being confirmed in his rank in April 1917. After a further spell at Pembroke II, he was posted to the destroyer Grasshopper and the depot ship Hecla, October 1917-May 1918 and thence on the same destroyer and the depot ship Apollo until August 1918, being advanced to E.R.A. Class 3 in May 1918. He was then posted to Pembroke but in October 1918 was sentenced at the Chester Assizes for three months imprisonment for attempted murder. Fowler was demobilised in April 1919.
For his service aboard the destroyer Grasshopper, 1 January-30 June 1918, he was awarded the D.S.M. On 5 February 1918 the Grasshopper assisted in the rescue of survivors from the S.S. Tuscania. The ship was torpedoed by the UB-77 whilst carrying U.S. troops from New York to Liverpool. At the time of her loss she was carrying 2,235 persons of which 166 were lost.
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A Great War 1918 ‘Minesweeping’ D.S.M. group of three awarded to Deck Hand P. J. L. Day, Royal Naval Reserve, for gallantry whilst serving with the armed trawler H.M.S. Tarantella, October - November 1918
Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (D.A./19902. P. J. L. Day, Dk. Hd. R.N.R. “Tarantella” Minesweeping 18, Oct - 18, Nov. 18) double-struck in places; British War and Victory Medals (19902D.A. P. J. L. Day. D.H. R.N.R.) toned, generally good very fine (3)
£500-£600 D.S.M. London Gazette 15 February 1919:
‘In recognition of services in minesweeping operations off the Belgian Coast, including the minefields off the ports of Ostend and Zeebrugge, between the 18th October and 8th November 1918.’
Phillip John Langley/Longly Day was born in Lowestoft in October 1881. He initially served during the Great War with the Merchant Navy (group has been recorded as previously sold with a Mercantile Marine War Medal), and transferred to the Royal Naval Reserve in March 1918. Day served with the armed trawler H.M.S. Tarantella on minesweeping duties from April 1918. He was discharged in February 1919.
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