A Collection of Medals for the Battle of Jutland, Part 1 250 Three: Warrant Shipwright P. G. Avery, H.M.S. Bellerophon, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (Wt. Shpt. P. G. Avery. R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Wt. Shpt. P. G. Avery. R.N.) good very fine (3)
£140-£180
The dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Bellerophon was launched on 27 July 1907 and was part of the 4th Battle Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she fired a total of 62 twelve-inch shells and 14 four-inch shells during the battle.
Preston George Avery was born in Cawsand, Cornwall, on 25 July 1876 and joined the Royal Navy as a Shipwright on 8 October 1897. Commissioned Warrant Shipwright on 4 May 1911, he served during the Great War in H.M.S. Bellerophon from the outbreak of War to 24 May 1918, and was placed on the Retired List on 6 June 1922. During the course of his service he received a Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum on 3 June 1919. He died on 31 December 1927.
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Three: Stoker First Class J. H. Parry, H.M.S. Black Prince, Royal Navy, who was killed in action on 1 June 1916, when the Black Prince exploded and sank with all hands
1914-15 Star (K.26195. J. H. Parry. Sto.2, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.26195 J. H. Parry. Sto.1 R.N.) good very fine (3)
£240-£280
The armoured cruiser H.M.S. Black Prince was launched on 8 November 1904 and was part of the 1st Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she sank with the loss of all hands.
John Henry Parry was born in Salford, Lancashire, on 4 January 1879 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 18 May 1915, for the duration of hostilities. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Black Prince from 10 November 1915, and was advanced Stoker 1st Class on 23 February 1916. He was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 1 June 1916: during the late afternoon and night of 31 May the Black Prince had lost touch with the main fleet, and at about 00.15 on 1 June she found herself 1,600 yards from ships of the German 1st Battle Squadron. Illuminated by searchlights, several German battleships then swept her with fire at point blank range. Unable to respond, she burst into flames and four minutes later after a terrific explosion she sank with all hands - 37 officers, 815 ratings, and 5 civilians.
Parry is commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial.
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Three: Wireman First Class F. H. Allum, H.M.S. Calliope, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (M.12389. F. H. Allum, Ar. Cr., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (M.12389. F. H. Allum. Wmn.1 R. N.) good very fine (3)
£100-£140 Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2012.
The light cruiser H.M.S. Calliope was launched on 17 December 1914 and was part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland, where she received a number of hits before nightfall, and ten of her crew were killed.
Frederick Henry Allum was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 5 July 1884 and joined the Royal Navy as Armourer’s Crew on 15 March 1915. He served during the Great War in H.M.S. Calliope from 4 May 1915 to the end of the War, and was advanced Wireman First Class on 1 March 1916.
Under the direct command of Commodore Le Mesurier, the Calliope acted as the flagship of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at Jutland and was heavily engaged throughout the battle. But it was not until the evening that she started to take her first casualties, the result of a duel with two Kaiser class battleships. The Fighting at Jutland takes up the story: ‘ ... only our speed and zigzagging saved us from annihilation. As it was, we seemed to be in the middle of splashes, and the noise of the bursting shell and flying fragments was absolutely deafening. We were hit five times in all, three of which did serious damage to personnel. One shell, bursting against the breech of the port after 4-inch gun, smashed the fittings and gun shield and killed practically all the gun’s crew, the notable exception being the sight-setter, a Corporal of Marines, who had the gun between him and the burst and only suffered a slight scalp wound. The second hit on us burst near No. 3 4-inch gun under the bridge, disabled the gun, killing and wounding some of the crew, and fragments of this shell penetrated the deck of the lower bridge and wounded a signalman and a bugler. The third shell penetrated the upper deck, and burst in the boys’ mess deck, almost in the middle of the after dressing station, killing some and wounding many others, including the Staff Surgeon. For the last five minutes that we were under fire we were in sight of our own ships, although the two battle fleets were invisible to each other, and we were told afterwards that at times we were hidden in spray from the splashes. Altogether, we had 10 killed and 23 wounded, some seriously. We were ordered to take station on the port beam of the battle fleet for the night, and in the morning resumed our cruising station ahead during the search for disabled enemy ships. On reaching Scapa afterwards, we were ordered in first, instead of waiting for the battle fleet to enter, to land our wounded. Our dead we buried at sea the morning after the action, the Commodore leaving the bridge for a few minutes to read the burial service, the one time he was ever known to leave the bridge at sea.’H
Allum was shore demobilised on 8 March 1919.
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Four: Stoker Petty Officer A. McFarlane, H.M.S. Caroline, Royal Navy
1914-15 Star (280038. A. Mc.Farlane. S.P.O., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (280038. A. McFarlane. S.P.O. R. N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (280038. Alexander Mc.Farlane. Stoker 1Cl, H.M.S. Swiftsure.) good very fine (4) £160-£200
The light cruiser H.M.S. Caroline was launched on 29 September 1914 and was part of the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland.
Alexander McFarlane was born in Perth on 14 February 1875 and joined the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 22 July 1895. He was advanced Stoker 1st Class on 1 July 1906, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 13 August 1910. Promoted Stoker Petty Officer on 6 June 1911, he served throughout the Great War in H.M.S. Caroline, and was shore pensioned on 19 November 1919, subsequently joining the Royal Fleet Reserve.
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