Campaign Groups and Pairs 375 Three: Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer J. Fitzgerald, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (M. 18535 J. Fitzgerald. S.B.A. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (M. 18535 J. Fitzgerald. L.S.B.A. H.M.S. Vivid.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
John Fitzgerald was born at Bamber Bridge, Lancashire in March 1896 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1916 as a Probationary Sick Birth Attendant. During the Great War he served at Plymouth Naval Hospital and aboard the armoured cruiser H.M. S. Cumberland and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in January 1931, while serving at Plymouth Hospital, on the books of H.M.S. Vivid, and having attained the rate of Leading Sick Berth Attendant. He was put to shore with a pension in January 1938 and recalled in September 1939 with the rate of Sick Berth Chief Petty Officer. He saw service during the Second World War at the Royal Naval Auxiliary Hospital, Barrow Gurney..
376 Three: Stoker Petty Officer H. R. Piggott, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (308750 H. R. Piggott. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (308750. H. R. Piggott, Sto. P.O. H.M.S. Pembroke.) polished, nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
Herbert Richard Piggott was born in London in November 1883 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in September 1905 as a Stoker Second Class, having previously served as a Private in the Royal Marine Light Infantry (CH/13462). He saw operational service during the Great War aboard the sloops H.M.S. Azalea and H.M.S. Heliotrope, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in September 1917 whilst serving with the shore establishment H.M.S. Pembroke, having attained the rate of Stoker Petty Officer. He was discharged from the service with a pension in January 1923..
377 Three: Stoker Petty Officer W. Spence, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (302530 W. Spence. S.P.O. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (302530. William Spence, S.P.O. H.M.S. Astraea.) light contact marks, very fine (3)
£60-£80
William Spence was born at Edinburgh, Scotland, in November 1884 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in January 1903 as a Stoker Second Class. During the Great War he saw active service aboard the cruiser H.M.S. Astraea and the destroyer H.M.S. Tara. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in July 1918 while serving with the former, and was shore pensioned in February 1925, joining the Royal Fleet Reserve the following October..
378 Three: Acting Stoker Petty Officer P. Marshall, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 119454 P. Marshall. Sto. 1 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
G.VI.R., 1st issue (K. 65985 P. Marshall. A/S.P.O. H.M.S. Dunedin.) contact marks, nearly very fine or better (3)
£70-£90
Percy Marshall was born at Hull, Yorkshire in September 1899 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in December 1918 as a Stoker Second Class. He was awarded his Great War campaign medals for his service in the Black Sea aboard the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Iron Duke, during the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. He was demobilised in March 1922, but re-enlisted in May 1925 with a new service number and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1938 while on the crew of the light cruiser H.M.S. Dunedin. At the outbreak of the Second World War he was serving aboard the minesweeper H.M.S. Hebe and was part of her crew during her involvement in evacuation of Dunkirk, where she rescued 365 officers and men, and sent a gig to rescue Lord Gort on 29 May 1940. He later served with the corvette H.M.S. Gentian operating in the Western Approaches, escorting convoys across the North Atlantic..
379 Three: Acting Petty Officer F. W. Turner, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J.76703 F. W. Turner. A.B. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J. 76703 F. W. Turner A/P.O. H.M.S. Kent.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
Frank William Turner was born at Plumstead, London in July 1900 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1917 as a Boy Second Class. He saw operational service during the Great War aboard the battleship H.M.S. Barham and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1934 whilst on the crew of the heavy cruiser H.M.S. Kent. During the Second World War he served aboard the minesweeper H.M.S. Stoke and the survey ship H.M.S. Franklin..
380 Three: Leading Stoker H. C. Jeffery, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (K. 35994 H. C. Jeffery. Sto. 1 R.N.) Victory Medal renamed; medal roll shows British War Medal entitlement only; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (K. 35994 H. C. Jeffery. L. Sto. H. M.S. Queen Elizabeth) edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
Henry Charles Jeffery was born at Devenport in March 1897 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in August 1916 as a Stoker Second Class. From the following November until the end of hostilities he served aboard on the pre-dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Albion, which during this period acted as a guard ship in the Humber estuary. Jeffrey was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in November 1931 whilst serving with the dreadnought battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth, having attained the rate of Leading Stoker. He was discharged with a pension in October 1938, but recalled the following June and saw active service during the Second World War aboard the destroyers H.M.S. Eclipse and H.M.S. Salisbury..
381 Three: Leading Seaman A. J. J. Tobitt, Royal Navy
British War and Victory Medals (J. 81853 A. J. J. Tobitt. Boy 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.81853. A. J. J. Tobitt. L.S, H.M.S. Excellent.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£60-£80
Arthur Jesse Joseph Tobitt was born at Dorking, Surrey in April 1902 and enlisted into the Royal Navy in December 1917 as a Boy Second Class. He saw operational service during the Great War aboard the light cruiser H.M.S. Inconstant and was later awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in February 1936 while stationed at the shore establishment H.M.S. Excellent. Between April 1936 and September 1938 he was attached to the Fleet Air Arm, serving aboard the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Courageous, and during this posting he passed a parachute course. He saw active service during the Second World War aboard the destroyer H.M.S. Nubian and the corvette H.M.S. Snapdragon.
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